The Critics
Bitter pills
Ethical values and financial necessity are not always perfectly compatible
Default, to a fault
Where are the plays that challenge the orthodoxy of left-liberal groupthink?
‘Between you and me…’
All the gossip that’s fit to print from our showbusiness veteran
The gang master
Martin Scorcese’s new Mafia movie is the culmination of a great career
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
