The Critic | Aug/Sept 2026
The summer double issue of The Critic magazine provides the perfect reading matter to accompany and enliven summer days, including a bumper-sized section of book reviews as well as all the latest coverage of the arts and culture.
Andrew Orlowski discovers a potentially calamitous flaw in Whitehall’s IT, David Shipley investigates claims of deception at the heart of the Athenaeum Club and Chris Bayliss finds more flaws with the government’s clean energy strategy. With Andy Burnham in Downing Street, Henry Hill separates hopes and realities, whilst, after the first attempt failed, Madeline Grant assesses the chances of the renewed assisted-dying bill passing into law.
Michael Prodger explores the art and troubled life of the Victorian painter, Richard Dadd; Robert Thicknesse finds that England’s summer opera scene is thriving, Zoe Strimpel despairs at what the “influencers” have done to Hackney and Boris Starling recounts what became of the England Football team’s “Heroes of 66” after the cheering stopped.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Critic Aug/Sept 2026.