David Scullion

Dec 29, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | David Scullion

What playing Carcassonne taught me about my pals I unwrapped the board game Carcassonne at university. My girlfriend gave it to me for my birthday and I think it’s fair to say, it was not love at first sight. (The board game, of course, not my now wife). All you needed to do was pick a tile at random and match it like a domino, a road piece can go on a road, and a city side can touch a city, she said. That was basically it.

Nov 27, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | David Scullion

This article is taken from the December-January 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. “Rob resigned,” one of his former ministerial colleagues was keen to emphasise to me. “Most of us don’t. No one really wants to give up the private office and all the ego-enhancing rest of it. He did.

Nov 25, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | David Scullion

Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance” I am approaching my 50th Scullionbait column and in that time I’ve read a lot of #StunningAndBrave content from across the world, from gardeners trying to uproot racist plants, to XY-Chromosome boxers . As I look back,  I wanted to pay tribute to the unsung heroes of all of this, without which we would remain in a state of bliss bigoted ignorance.

Nov 12, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | David Scullion

How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting Is noticing somebody’s skin colour an important factor in addressing your privilege, or is noticing race itself racist? And should white actors ever play a character whose historical and/or geographical context suggests that they should be played by people of colour?

Oct 23, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | David Scullion

The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes As the trees lose their leaves and we begin thinking about Christmas, our minds inevitably turn to what we’re going to get for the Commonwealth family. And, despite Sir Keir saying Diego Garcia was a good enough gift, we’re hoping that the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is feeling a bit more generous with our money.