English Civil War
Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
The Critic Books Podcast: The Restless Republic
What happened in the decade Britain was without a monarch?
Cavalier with the facts
PMQs pitches a Cavalier prime minister against his Roundhead opponent. But Boris risks a lot as “the Rupert of debate”
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
