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?
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
