Prussia
Odesa: The Battle for a City’s Soul
Putin’s war has only strengthened the Ukrainian identity of a port where many have turned against their own Russian language and want to tear down Moscow’s imperial monuments
Rebuilding a monarchy and a nation
Austrian lessons for the reign of Charles III
Germany in the shadow of Napoleon
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss how the wars with revolutionary France reshaped the German lands
Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the role of Prussia in the eighteenth century
The Critic Books Podcast: Devotion
A story of love in nineteenth century Prussia and Australia
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Against Michaela multiculturalism
The school does not offer a successful model of integration for Britain
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
