An Enlightenment king vindicated
Andrew Roberts dispels the myths and sticks to the facts about George III
How do we perceive the world?
This is the question Jordan Peterson tried to answer in his celebrated return to Cambridge
Self-harm in sheep’s clothing
The feminist fix: At least Schlafly did not pretend to be one of us
The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland
C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland
Sinn Féin’s shame
The Irish republican movement’s dark history of sexual abuse and cover-up
Rabble-rouser in chief
Our increasingly polarised and angry age wants not entertainment, but preachers
Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
The “Scramble for Africa”
Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned?
Scenting success
The wondrous whiff of sex, spice and civet
The Austrian solution
Mandating vaccination by criminal sanction may sound draconian, but then again Austria has historic form for this sort of thing
Is defeating Stonewall the end of the story?
The failure of Stonewall’s “no debate” strategy has given many a Wizard of Oz moment
Classical architecture’s counter-attack
Reed’s great book exposes the ugliness and illiteracy of Modernism