Cromwell
Building a new world on the ruins of the old
After all this drama, what kind of England ultimately emerged?
Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
The Critic Books Podcast: The Restless Republic
What happened in the decade Britain was without a monarch?
A puritan but not a fanatic
Simon Heffer reviews Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate by Paul Lay
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
