The Critic Magazine

Keeping track of kids can make adults paranoid rather than keeping children safe Source

A care service should not be modelled on the NHS — there are better options Source

Rather than unfolding through time, the constructed action is held within a single psychological moment Source

Feeling the pressure in a handful of satisfying new cinema titles Source

Andy Burnham is a much better communicator than he is a policymaker Source

As Nepal faces disaster, another crisis is being overlooked: the exploitation of girls by the fertility industry Source

Contra Tim Stanley, the Labour Party is worse than merely wrong Source

When it comes to social housing, allocation needs reconsidering as well as supply Source

The government is making the problem worse while pretending to solve it Source

Saluting the underrated laureate of love and regret Source

Active anti-tribalism saps all the joy out of football Source

Andy Burnham was sincere and ambitious this evening.

There is no good reason why fans should not be able to enjoy their favourite drink while watching their favourite team Source

Britain needs a mixed healthcare system that rewards success and gives patients genuine choice Source

Bombing Syria in 2013 would not have made an important difference to Putin’s plans Source

Strange times can make it necessary to agree with strange people Source

The row over Labour’s Women’s Conference has exposed a party increasingly divided over what women’s politics should mean Source

Parish and Town Councils are responsible for increasing amounts of tax, yet remain unaccountable Source

Change is possible if a growing constituency of Arab and Jewish voters overturn Netanyahu Source

On the disappearance of the great men and women who shaped history Source

John Healey did not spark joy at the Labour conference Source

Mamdani’s opera scheme gets something important right about culture Source

The idea that sexual preferences must be interrogated for prejudice ends somewhere deeply unpleasant Source

Britain is importing an American approach to disinformation just as America is beginning to dismantle it Source

British manufacturing is at the mercy of the global trade war Source

The message coming over the footlights is always the same Source

The police now think that their job is to protect feelings — rather than to uphold law and order Source

Andy Burnham is discovering that being the alternative leader is easier than being the actual one Source

Handel and Hendrix share a house — and, surprisingly, make rather good party companions Source

We spend too much time asking who is English, and not enough time being English Source

The Beethoven Connection, volume 2 (Chandos) Source

BBC Verify shows why Burnham's Ministry of Truth won't work Source

The Church may be badly led, but it is still worth saving Source

The wartime Casablanca of the Balkans, a seething hotbed of spies, intrigue and sabotage Source

Business faces a punitive autumn Budget — we must get organised without delay Source

Canada’s dispute with Trump shows what happens when domestic internet regulation crosses the Atlantic Source

The Turner Prize’s confused vision of Britain is revealing Source

The government can keep kicking the can down the road, but eventually it has to pick it up Source

AI is making humanity’s darkest sexual fantasies easier to realise — and harder to resist Source

The real problem with fertility isn't biology, but is the slow disappearance of the chance to become a parent Source

It is no mystery where the inquiry really should begin: the panel of professors who appointed him Source

Symphonies do not belong between town walls Source

Seven in ten Britons think following the rules leaves them worse off Source

Is the establishment turning to democratic backsliding to fend off Reform?

Britain’s dispute with Israel raises a bigger question: are our alliances still serving our national interest?

Renaming Net Zero won’t make its costs and trade-offs disappear Source

Britain's sea interests have never been more critical, and the Royal Navy has never been weaker Source

Some of the criticism of the former Attorney General following his response to a rape trial has been unfounded Source

The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society Source

Slowly but surely, the European migration debate is changing Source