The Critic Magazine

23 February 2023

The March issue of The Critic magazine is full of essential reading. As war rumbles on in Europe and the United States tries to work out the purpose behind Chinese balloons gliding over its territory, Lucas Webber explains why Russia has absorbed its blows in Ukraine and is well positioned to advance, whilst Mark Almond argues that the West’s Cold War with the Soviet Union offers the wrong historical lesson for how to handle Xi Jinping’s China. Elsewhere, Isaac Sligh goes in search of rumoured “Crusaders” in the Caucasus Mountains and finds a village of the dead, Julie Bindel foresees dire consequences if South Africa legalises all aspects of the sex trade, Lisa Hilton has a memorably disastrous meal in a hilltop restaurant, and Ellen Pasternack discovers it is now almost impossible to book a driving test in Britain. Boris Starling explains how to be a successful ghostwriter for famous sports stars; Henry Jeffreys meets one of England’s most sought-after winemakers; Hannah Betts says now is the time to wear a beret, and Sebastian Milbank comes to the defence of hipsters.