From the Anglo-Saxons to Israel and Palestine
The writer Samuel Rubinstein joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss historical controversies, political controversies and where the two meet.
Professor Jeremy Black offers Graham Stewart a crash course in the history of war
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Can we love the things we kill?
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
