We should not throw out the civilisational baby with the consumerist bathwater, writes Liam Stokes thecritic.co.uk/can-we-balance…

Gregory Snaith is a man who dared to dream small and obscure — David Taylor on that most mysterious of Arty Types: the literary magazine editor thecritic.co.uk/gregory-snaith…

The GuildofFoodWriters has announced its awards nominations. 'Vines in a Cold Climate' is shortlisted for Drink book of the Year & I've been shortlisted for Drink Writer of the Year for work in The Critic . Very exciting. Results on 12 June.

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Yesterday saw the anniversary of the coronation of King Charles III — William Gulliford looks back on all that went right, and wrong, on the day thecritic.co.uk/crowning-glory/

'The central myth of Conservative centrism is that to take a clear position on such things as record demographic change or outright biological facts is symptomatic of political radicalism.'

Excellent from Ben Sixsmith on the myth of conservative centrism.

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'This idea [that the Conservatives “drifted right”] is an absolute fantasy — a live action role-playing game for people who like The Rest is Politics.'
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Cold slices of roast roe

As good as it gets really and especially so in a part of the country where there are so many of them 🦌

100% correct from Ben Sixsmith in The Critic.

'The central myth of Conservative centrism'

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The West Indian writer and historian knew that cricket is far more than merely a sport — @owen_andy on C. L. R. James thecritic.co.uk/c-l-r-james-an…

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And before the anti Brexit trolls/'so called economic experts' pile in, I am aware UK is suffering the same as rest of Europe. That is because the whole European economic model is bust & UK has not used the freedoms afforded by Brexit to change.
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5% of US women have 5 or more children! What's different about women who still choose large families?

A new book interviews these women to answer that question & I've reviewed it for The Critic.

Here are my 3 major reflections...1/4
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Norman Borlaug deserves more attention in our environmental discussion, both among greens and among trads (especially Christian retvrn to the land trads). He reminds us of our first duty to people who are hungry.

One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024 — Romeo Coates brings us the latest theatre gossip thecritic.co.uk/fat-lot-of-use/

My latest for The Critic, on local elections, George Galloway, and the rise of sectarian politics in Britain.

'Political sectarianism is here to stay. Muslim voters will probably continue to diverge from the mainstream, and this is unlikely to stop at Gaza.'

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Hannah’s Children is a sharp retort to assumptions about barefoot, bread-baking women harassed by scores of children and domineering husbands, writes Phoebe Arslanagić-Little thecritic.co.uk/fruitful-discu…

If only we watered down the message more moan the usual suspects — Ben Sixsmith on the persistent myth that centrism is the path to power
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The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity, writes Sam Bidwell thecritic.co.uk/communitariani…

I wrote about the mythos of Conservative centrism and the claim that the Tories must at all costs avoid 'drifting right'
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Brilliant by Victoria Smith: 'Anything female bodies can do that male bodies cannot do has been sold to women as evidence of our supposed inferiority...'
Many new mothers find themselves in a looking glass world where they are devalued as human beings. This has been exploited by…