Roman Empire
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor
There is something uncanny about the story of Justinian
The layers of ancient Rome
Emperors existed at the intersection of many seeming incompatibilities
The feud that felled the Roman Republic
The personal differences between Caesar and Cato mattered
A vivid chronicle of chroniclers
Richard Cohen’s history of histories is a gargantuan achievement
Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of a late antique empire
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
