The Critic Podcast

In this episode of The Critic Narrated, Revd. Marcus Walker, Rector of Great St Bart’s in the City of London, reads his piece ‘Resurrect Forgiveness’, Hannah Betts narrates her column: ‘Time for Coco’ and Patrick Galbraith reads his piece from Country Notes, this week entitled ‘Do the Right Thing’. These articles are taken from the October issue of The Critic.

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In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books include A Short History of War, talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about how the feudal system, differing weaponry and firepower and the size of armies shaped medieval warfare.

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Image: Henry V of England, attacked by the Duke of Alencon, at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Artist James William Edmund Doyle, 1864. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books include A Short History of War, talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about how the feudal system, differing weaponry and firepower and the size of armies shaped medieval warfare.

Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and iTunes to ensure you never you never miss an episode.

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Image: Henry V of England, attacked by the Duke of Alencon, at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Artist James William Edmund Doyle, 1864. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)

Welcome back to The Critic Podcast, and welcome to our new series: The Critic Narrated!

Each week, we will be bringing you a selection articles from our print issues, read aloud by their authors for you to listen to on your commute, around the house or alongside reading the written piece. Don’t forget you can visit our website to subscribe to the print issue, and to read a plethora of articles on politics, current affairs, society, culture and beyond. 

In this episode, architectural historian Matthew Lloyd Roberts reads his article ‘The Critic’s New Home’, Anna Price, podcast producer here at The Critic, narrates Claudia Savage Gore’s October Hot House column, 'Eat, Pray, Hate', and Jonathan Aitken, Christ Church alumnus, former Conservative cabinet member and current Prison Chaplain, reads his feature ‘Low Panic at the High Table’. All articles taken from The Critic’s October issue. 

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Siege warfare was the most common form of warfare in medieval Europe. In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Forts and Fortifications and Siegecraft, talks about defending and capturing walled cities and castles with The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart.

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Image: The siege of Jerusalem (Photo by: Leemage/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of A Short History of War, talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the nature of warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome.

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Image: Statue of Leonidas on the monument celebrating the Battle of Thermopylae which took place during the Greco-Persian War of 480 BC. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)

After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan ignited a bitter briefing war between the President and members of the British Cabinet, it seemed that Britain's relationship with the US was on ice. But then, out of the blue, a secret trilateral agreement between the US, UK and Australia was struck, gifting Australia nuclear propulsion technology for use in their submarines, much to the chagrin of France. Are we witnessing the usual ups and downs in the anglosphere relationship or do countries really only act in self interest?

In this podcast, David Scullion discusses this, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the Special relationship with Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security at Birmingham University and Sebastian Milbank, a PhD Candidate in the Cambridge Faculty of Divinity and a journalist based at the Tablet.

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In this week's Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the centuries’ old military rivalry between China and Japan.

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Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)

In this episode of The Critic's podcast, publisher Olivia Hartley speaks to Chris Elston — A.K.A Billboard Chris — about the progression of gender ideology in Canada as well as the use of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria.

Chris has travelled the length and breadth of Canada raising awareness of these issues and has amassed an online following of over 35,000. In this podcast, Olivia asks him why he does what he does and what he would say to the activists who question his authority to speak on these polarising topics.

In this week's Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the centuries’ old military rivalry between China and Japan.