Podcast
The last conversation
The problem with podcasts
From Fatherland to Heimat
The changing face of German identity
The Queen’s place in history
Professor Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about Queen Elizabeth II’s place in British history
How Hitler won
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss how the Nazis won in 1933 with only a third of the vote
The Weimar Republic
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the Weimar Republic and whether its collapse blinds us to its achievements
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
What would Boris do if he had to resign?
A discussion of life after premiership
New Labour, new danger?
25 years on from the 1997 election
The Caribbean after slavery
Professor Jeremy Black on the Caribbean in the 19th century
What drove the colonisation of the Caribbean?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses Caribbean society pre-Columbus
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
