The Critic Magazine

27 January 2022

The February issue of The Critic, the magazine of ideas for open-minded readers, goes behind the curtain to reveal the new puritanism sweeping Britain’s theatre where self-censorship and tick-box criteria, rather than audience preferences, determine what is staged. Daisy Dunn ponders whether a visit to the “herstory” museum will brighten a wet weekend, Frank Furedi and Jonathon Green find words don’t mean what they used to, Brian Clegg does the maths on whether electric vehicles really will become affordable and The Critic’s seasoned columnists pick-over the victuals of contemporary arts, music, film, food, morals and manners.