Podcast

The Critic Books Podcast: Nick Blackburn’s The Reactor

A compelling memoir about grief and repair

The North American Question

Was the American Republic destined to dominate the continent?

The Critic Books Podcast: Charlotte Higgins’ Greek Myths

The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland

C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland

The Critic Books Podcast: Ariadne

Francesca Peacock speaks to Jennifer Saint about her novel Ariadne

The Critic Books Podcast: The Barn

The Barn is a history of the lives, landscapes, and lost ways of an old Yorkshire farm building

The Critic Books Podcast: George III

Graham Stewart and Andrew Roberts discuss the life and reign of Britain’s most misunderstood monarch

Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?

Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII

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

The Critic Books Podcast: Heiresses

Having a fortune is not quite all it’s cracked up to be