History
The fit and famous
To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human
Chamberlain’s fictional rehabilitation
Netflix’s sympathetic take on the great appeaser is ultimately unconvincing
My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
Joseph Roth’s golden twenties
When Hitler came to power, the bubble burst
The story of the people, by the people
What is History, Now? offers a passionate defence of the pluralism of historical study
The Critic Books Podcast: The Barn
The Barn is a history of the lives, landscapes, and lost ways of an old Yorkshire farm building
Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?
Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII
Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
A life indecently full of fun and games
This is not a journey you will find in most accounts of the twentieth century
An Enlightenment king vindicated
Andrew Roberts dispels the myths and sticks to the facts about George III
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
