History
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
The making of Donald Trump
In his new book, Gerald Seib asks whether the turn towards nationalism and populism in the US is permanent
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Track rate
Tom Chesshyre has a soft spot for railway hotels
Rich and red: The USSR’s prize assets
The wealthy young Americans who laboured for decades to help the communist cause
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
You Know, Thingamabob
A lockdown memoir: Surprising conversations with my father
Decline, fall and rise again
A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War
Frustrate their knavish tricks?
Is foreign interference in British politics any different now than in the past?
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
