Temple to craft and prestige
A beautiful and unusual book can lift the spirits of even the most jaded reviewer
An incredible inventory
James Stevens Curl reveals how this new release provides amazing insight into the household of a well-heeled, cultured European in late eighteenth-century India
Back to the drawing board: How the modernist cult captured architecture
Mark Alan Hewitt’s book is a welcome breath of sound common sense in a field where expensive insanity seems to have ruled the roost for far too long
When England has lost its pubs it will no longer be England
The rural pub is becoming increasingly under threat, and with it, a key part of our national identity
Fracking is just common sense
The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy
The Critic Books Podcast: Latchkey Ladies
Marjorie Grant’s novel was out of print for over a century
Keir the Coaster
The Labour Party’s craven leadership will leave the electorate guessing when voting starts
I am big, it’s freesat that got small
Rob Hutton takes dictation, very carefully, from our new proprietor
The Thirty Years War
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the Thirty Years War in the German lands
Human rights and legal wrongs
Why doesn’t British legislation protect free speech?
Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives
The US supreme court decision is a victory for decency and democracy
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far