Ben Sixsmith
@BDSixsmith
Anglo writer in Poland. Online Editor and podcast critic for @TheCriticMag. Subscribe to THE ZONE.
[Man with no friends] Carl Schmitt discussed the "friend/enemy distinction"—
This is fantastic news for perverts and undercover cops. x.com/crsamra/status…
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So nice to see so many good people yesterday, and it's only disappointing that there wasn't more time to talk to everyone properly. x.com/TheCriticMag/s…
Some sun, much fun.
The summer double issue of @TheCriticMag has gone to press. Standby for @HCH_Hill @CliveAslet @CSaumarezSmith @sarahditum @NLebrecht @HenryGJeffreys @JSMilbank @HannahJBetts @yuanyi_z @HJoyceGender @stephenpollard Jonathan Glancey & David Butterfield thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com
An incisive piece from the great and powerful @G0ADM thecritic.co.uk/the-myths-of-f…
I wrote about why a critic is not always a good practitioner, and why not to get massively drunk before doing a podcast thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…
Sometimes the best advice is simply not to go on a podcast, writes @BDSixsmith thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…
Successive governments have failed to accept that their ideas are not just unpopular but wrong, argues @BDSixsmith thecritic.co.uk/politicians-ha…
I wrote about how Blair and his successors have consistently interpreted policy failures as PR failures thecritic.co.uk/politicians-ha…
This is just silly. Britain can build more prisons and deport foreign criminals back to where they came from. This kind of gimmick demonstrates more of a desire to sound "BASED" than to be effective. x.com/CamillaTominey…
“If we need to send Ian Huntley to El Salvador prison then so be it,” declares @Nigel_Farage
Politicians: How can we address the decline in public trust? Public: Stop doing the opposite of what we want. Columnists: What could explain the crisis of democratic legitimacy? Public: Stop doing the opposite of what we want. Think tankers: How to reverse the collapse in ...
Huge news in Parliament today as one career failure of a Conservative looks set to replace another career failure of a Conservative.
A very smart and sobering piece from @kitwilsonwriter on the death of ideas thecritic.co.uk/why-we-have-no…
“The desire for famous people who ‘model’ positive behaviour is cripplingly superficial” — @BDSixsmith reflects on role models thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation, argues @BDSixsmith thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
I wrote about why I think it is delusional to expect celebrities and influencers to be "positive role models" thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
Big fan of the "I'm a dumb, bad person, and also self-pitying" sub-genre of lifestyle columns.
