Year in Review
The Critic books of the year
Reading highlights from our editors and contributors
The greatest shitshow on Earth
Hopes and fears at the end of 2022
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
