Localism
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The curse of super-councillors
MPs should not be focused on the local at the expense of the national
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Turning shares into swords
The Church doesn’t invest in defence companies, but it prays you continue to do so
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”