Sarah Ditum

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There are four simple principles to South Korea's 4B movement. These are all refusals, since the “B” stands for “bi”, meaning “no” in Korean.

Bill is speeding through parliament without proper discussion of legal and ethical consequences, or the effect on the NHS

The day after the presidential election, Stephen Colbert — ostensibly a comic — opened his CBS show by addressing his audience like a doctor delivering

Fairytale foreshortened: Kirsty MacColl with Shane McGowan Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song

The Wuthering Heights singer is likened to a ‘Hoover vacuum cleaner coming to life’ in this pretentious but fascinating life story

Sometimes, it’s good to body shame

The carousing that fuelled the legend of Dorothy Parker, the queen of mean, also led to her downfall

This is music for people who are tired of being careful This article is taken from the December-January 2025 issue of The Critic.

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