Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
A vivid chronicle of chroniclers
Richard Cohen’s history of histories is a gargantuan achievement
Remembering Richard Shepherd
Barry Legg and Sir Bill Cash discuss the former Conservative MP
Is the situation in Ukraine comparable to the siege of Leningrad?
There are more similarities than differences
Election bumf
Mélenchon is peddling all the old socialist lies
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
Winner take all
Putin learned post-Cold War warfare from the West
Boris banks on his support
Whispers about Russian gold breach Westminster’s united front
A quiet revolution
Enough of reformers who want to turn schools upside-down without knowing which way is up
Moral panic over Ukraine risks nuclear war
Putin is not Hitler, but if we lose perspective we risk pushing him to reckless extremes
Spring into bling
Post-pandemic life is a party
The Critic Books Podcast: Cult writers
How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?