Podcast
Ukraine special
Patrick Porter and Sam Ashworth-Hayes discuss the Ukraine invasion
Russia’s Empire in Ukraine and Eastern Europe
What historical parallels can be drawn with the current situation?
Is levelling up the answer to Britain’s problems?
Adrian Pabst, Alys Denby and Imogen Sinclair discuss Gove’s plan with Sebastian Milbank
The Critic Books Podcast: Devotion
A story of love in nineteenth century Prussia and Australia
The Critic Books Podcast: Bacon in Moscow
What was it like to take Francis Bacon to the USSR?
The Great Game
Professor Jeremy Black on the 19th century cold war over Asia between Russian and Britain
The Critic Books Podcast: Burntcoat
Burntcoat was one of the first “pandemic novels” to be published in the wake of Covid-19
The Critic Books Podcast: Marianne Moore
In conversation with Heather Cass White: Moore’s editor
The Eastern Question and the origins of The Great Game
How was the balance of power maintained in the eighteenth century?
The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
