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
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
