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”
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
