Our once-great riverine ports are now largely devoid of the maritime hustle and bustle that once made them so characterful ...

Crazily, the arts are often now held up as elitist even when they are freely accessible. Many of Britain’s major museums do ...

The US oil embargo has left Cuba in crisis, and its communist leaders trying to work out whether Donald Trump will do a deal, ...

This article is taken from the August/September 2022 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Oxford, home of lost causes, ...

This year’s Poppy Appeal is about to launch and that means attempts to subvert or attack the symbol of remembrance have started up again. The sale of “Palestine Poppies” by pro-Gaza activists is ...

On 1 January 1974, Britain went dark as electric power began to be rationed. Such a thing had never happened before, even in ...

The dilemma facing Eisenkot is that during the campaign he promised not to build a government on the votes of Arab Knesset members. Now, the only way he can oust Bibi Netanyahu is by marshalling the ...

In Wednesday’s budget, amidst the jeers, playground antics and dull buzz of numbers, there was one recognisable message and ...

Governments routinely try to claim the credit for positive developments that happen during their time in office, while ...

Project Spire is legally, historically and morally dubious, says a Winchester clergyman bringing a legal challenge against it ...

Despite what people say, The Economist is still worth reading. This is true for two reasons — firstly whilst the depth of its ...

In 1953, President Eisenhower joined Democrats and Republicans in Congress to set politics aside and pray together. The spirit of fellowship and reconciliation that marked that first National Prayer ...