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?
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
