The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
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 public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
