What drove the colonisation of the Caribbean?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses Caribbean society pre-Columbus
The Critic Books Podcast: The Golden Rule
In discussion with novelist Amanda Craig about her latest book
In Sparta: how Brexit happened
ERG leaders, and Rob Hutton, reflect on how the Tories almost collapsed over MV3
The Critic Books Podcast: The Restless Republic
What happened in the decade Britain was without a monarch?
How modern wars end
History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end
What now for strategic priorities?
What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for American and European geopolitical aims?
The Critic Books Podcast: Roaring Girls
The extraordinary lives of history’s unsung heroines
The Critic Books Podcast: Edgware Road
A debut story of family mystery and intrigue — set between London, Oxford, and Karachi
Geopolitics and the invasion of Ukraine
What lessons does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have for the study of geopolitics?
Is NATO to blame for the war in Ukraine?
Peter Hitchens and Adrian Pabst discuss NATO expansion and the tragic road to war in Eastern Europe
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Free speech and fashionable hypocrisy
Between the Tory government and the University and College Union, will anyone be consistent?
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
