Podcast
The “Scramble for Africa”
Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned?
The Critic Books Podcast: Nick Blackburn’s The Reactor
A compelling memoir about grief and repair
The North American Question
Was the American Republic destined to dominate the continent?
The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland
C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland
The Critic Books Podcast: Ariadne
Francesca Peacock speaks to Jennifer Saint about her novel Ariadne
The Critic Books Podcast: The Barn
The Barn is a history of the lives, landscapes, and lost ways of an old Yorkshire farm building
The Critic Books Podcast: George III
Graham Stewart and Andrew Roberts discuss the life and reign of Britain’s most misunderstood monarch
Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?
Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII
The American Civil War – could the South have won?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses how the Confederate forces hoped to overcome the superior numbers and resources of the North
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
