Barnaby Crowcroft
Barnaby Crowcroft is Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
Just stop
A new wave of disruptive protest is openly criminal, yet is minimally policed. It is time to say enough — and ban them all
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus
More shenanigans at the RIBA
Ideologues and marketers are ruining the Royal Institute of British Architects
Where the Tories must go from here
The Conservative Party must set aside backbiting in favour of building a radical political project that can appeal to young and old alike
The rise of electoral sectarianism
Multiculturalism is reshaping British political life
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Every argument for Israel
Answering the case against Israel point-by-point