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October 2021 | Issue 21 £5.95 | thecritic.co.uk POLITICS • OPINION SOCIETY • REPORTAGE LAW • ART • BOOKS MUSIC • SCREEN TELEVISION • GOSSIP

Headless, heedless, humiliated COUNTING THE COST OFTHEAFGHANDEFEAT

Jonathan Aitken: Carry On Christ Church Melanie Newman: The crispy pancake care test Peter Hitchens: Hard labour, hard drinking