Podcast
Xi bangs the drum
On geopolitics with Chinese characteristics
The American decade
The 1990s marked post-Cold War triumph for the States, but choppy waters were ahead
Sparks within the cold
There are rarely easy answers in geopolitics
The state of the arts (w/ Pierre d’Alancaisez)
Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?
Before the wall’s fall
Geopolitical maneuverings between the East and the West
The Domino Effect
1960s geopolitics, propaganda and the Vietnam War
Who governs Britain?
David Scullion joins the Critic to discuss working for Suella, the culture of Westminster, and fighting the blob
Red alert?
Apocalyptic intimations in the mid-1900s
Karens and cohesion (w/ Ellen Pasternack)
Society depends on conscientiousness and taboo
“X” marks a spot
The development of geopolitical thought in the Cold War
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
