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”
Only Joe Biden can save America
He needs to keep reminding the American public that unless they vote for him they are evil and racist
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Rebus at the school of hard Knox
The tropes are popular, because they work
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
