Hail to the Chief (Part II)
The American Civil War and the expansion of executive power
Hail to the Chief
The expansion of executive power in America
Harris vs Pence: What did we learn from the vice presidential debate?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
What’s the point of Tory Party Conference?
Corporate and expensive, has Tory Party Conference had its day?
Was Parliament more rebellious in the eighteenth century?
The latest podcast in the Black’s History Week series: How does the role of the modern MP compare with that of an eighteenth century honourable member?
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk
What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Can George Galloway keep Scotland British?
The Alliance 4 Unity is the wildcard in Scottish politics
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
Rape crisis sabotage is a feature, not a bug, of trans activism
Trans activism is uniquely incompatible with anti-rape activism
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
Mass confusion
The Conservative elites are no match for superheroines like Greta Thunberg and Charlotte Proudman
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
