Jeremy Black
Colonial expansion and industrial development
Did Britain’s 18th century colonies spur the Industrial Revolution?
The making of a multi-national state
What the Scots and Irish brought to Westminster
Has Ukraine changed modern warfare?
A historical perspective
Mapping the past — and the future
A catalogue of cartography
House of Lords — keep, reform or abolish?
Why is there so little agreement?
The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses rising powers and two turn of the century great power conflicts
The North American Question
Was the American Republic destined to dominate the continent?
The American Civil War – could the South have won?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses how the Confederate forces hoped to overcome the superior numbers and resources of the North
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
The Ruling Passion
Should former prime ministers gently fade away?
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
