Lewis Namier
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024
The rise of electoral sectarianism
Multiculturalism is reshaping British political life
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
The triumph of electoral sectarianism
Votes on the basis of ethnic identity are reshaping British politics
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Anger and intuition
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String quartets 6, 13, 15 (Chandos)
A majority built on sand
Keir Starmer should not feel too triumphant — hard times lie ahead
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
The Just Stop Oil sentences were just
Direct action protestors are not immune from the operation of the law