Ghosts at the feast
Christmas ghost stories are meditations on darkness at the darkest point of the year
Emerging from my echo chamber
#debate or #nodebate, should that be a question?
Good news clickbait
Cleo Smith has been found, just rejoice at that news
Back from the dead
The UK has a rich comics tradition often obscured by the cultural dominance of Marvel and DC
When comedy goes right, it’s very wrong
The Goes Wrong Show expertly mines hilarity through disaster
Can Davies save the Doctor?
A journey back in time might be the only thing that can revive Doctor Who
It’s not Rooney, it’s you
When identity is the primary means of engagement with art, criticism is reduced to mud-slinging
Australia’s Covid crisis
Australia is still standing at the gates of hell, while the rest of the world has already been through it
Doctor Who?
To save the next generation, don’t listen to the fans
Old TV keeps us grounded
What started as nostalgic escapism became much more
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
What bloody man is this?
The Tragic History of Boris, thane of Uxbridge
Rumours of a crime
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was a flawed man, but he should be allowed to be condemned by his words
What’s told is news again
Not much has changed since Philip Gibbs’ forgotten classic lifted the lid on early 20th century Fleet Street
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
The Critic Books Podcast: The Barn
The Barn is a history of the lives, landscapes, and lost ways of an old Yorkshire farm building
Unexpected music and a crisis of theology
The Critic Narrated: Episode Six, with Sarah Ditum and David Scullion
The North American Question
Was the American Republic destined to dominate the continent?
Medieval Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the impacts on medieval warfare
Mish-firing on all cylinders
Boris seeks adulation from an emptying theatre
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine