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”
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
