Historiography
The story of the people, by the people
What is History, Now? offers a passionate defence of the pluralism of historical study
Does history have meaning?
Graham Stewart talks to Professor Jeremy Black about whether the past can be a servant to the present
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
Trans activist makes a fuss without facts
Trans people in the UK have all the same rights, and a few more besides
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
The Critic Books Podcast: Cult writers
How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Supporting multiculturalism is the natural conservative position
Attacking it attacks the very essence of Britishness
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
Murders for July
The good, the beautiful and the grotesque
Illiteracy of the tax-cut lobby
Slashing taxes cannot make a nation better off. Instead we must increase production
Going nuts in May
There is no dish that is not improved by hazelnuts
New stories from a very old city
A history as brilliantly labyrinthine as the city it describes