J.R. Thorp
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
