DJ Taylor
The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
The wise gnomes of Zurich
Why is Switzerland’s rate of inflation so much lower than that of Britain and the USA?
The Tories haven’t a prayer
Secularism seems to grip the party that was once the embodiment of Anglicanism
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
The Thirty Years War
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the Thirty Years War in the German lands
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
Professor Barry Mole: Scholarly Obsessive
Some things should stay buried
Lord of the Flies (but not the zippers)
Tribal warfare suits the chieftain of Tory island
A madman’s guide to Wagner
You don’t have to be crazy to enjoy Wagner, but it helps
Starmer could do better
Boris would be a more effective leader of the opposition than Sir Keir
Women who report abuse face losing their children
The feminist fix: Train police and social workers to protect abused mothers
Hot sauce
Lil Nas X is the greatest show in the world right now