Podcast
The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses rising powers and two turn of the century great power conflicts
The Critic Books Podcast: 100 years of Ulysses
What has changed since Joyce’s novel was first published?
The Boer War
Professor Jeremy Black talks about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat
The Critic Books Podcast: Penelope Corfield’s The Georgians
How different was the eighteenth century to our own?
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