Haiti
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Black Spartacus
The winner of the Wolfson Prize for History significantly advances neither our knowledge of Toussaint Louverture nor Haiti
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
