History
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
Clash of empires
Was Yorktown really a triumph more significant than Nelson’s at Trafalgar?
Truly global view of World War II
Richard Overy has done a signal service with this compellingly written, impressively researched book
History hasn’t ended
Francis Fukuyama got it very wrong
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Going for Broke
It’s that time of year to publicly humiliate oneself with Cheltenham tips
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival