History
To catch a culture thief
A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up
The Crimean War
Professor Jeremy Black on how Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together in the Crimea
The Napoleonic Wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815
Pro-imperial truths of the old world
This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma
The Battle of Britain was not won by the Few
We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might
The Critic’s new home
Ecclesiastical textiles, Regency architecture and relief carvings: welcome to The Critic’s new address
The Qing-quisition
Why did the Chinese bureaucracy succeed where the Catholic Church failed?
Man and myth
This well-researched book deserves attention for those who wish to peer beyond the carefully cultivated image of Josip Broz Tito
In the shadows of giants
Why are so many still enthralled by even the most grotesque Victoriana?
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
