18th Century
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: Penelope Corfield’s The Georgians
How different was the eighteenth century to our own?
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber