The Best of The Critic
9 most popular The Critic articles, as voted by our community.
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The Critic on Art
The case of the legless duchess
A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft…
The Critic on History
The Enlightenment as reading project
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A window into the medieval mind
This article is taken from the March 2023 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we're offering five issues for just £10. Walkelin, the norman bishop of Winchester…
The Critic on Travel
How to walk around London
Avoid all the main streets, especially the ones you have heard of. If you are on one of them, go down a side street. Follow all curved passages and alleyways; go into any mews; make a route of…
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In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army…
A madman’s guide to Wagner
The German composer Richard Wagner wrote seven operas in his mature style. I’ve been going to see them in live performances for the last forty years or so – my very first was Die Walküre at English…
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
In 1973, Graham Greene wrote an introduction to a bookselling friend’s memoir. As Greene was one of the most respected writers of his day, this was no small gesture, but the author was also a…
On pretending to have read books
“I am writing a book,” says the man at the drinks party, in the old Peter Cook cartoon. “Neither am I,” replies his companion. Still makes me laugh. But would now work with “I am reading a book”, too.
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners…
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