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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong