Ben Sixsmith

Ben Sixsmith is Online Editor of The Critic. He tweets @BDSixsmith

Disinformation journalism circles the drain

Europeans have shifted rightwards — and no one should be surprised

A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus

The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview

Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues

From “adviser” to “woman”, here is what it really means

Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth

Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure

The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage