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This week, Graham Stewart spoke to James Orr, lecturer in the philosophy of religion at Cambridge University, about the effects of Coronavirus on the church and where faith fits into our pandemic-stricken society.  Right now we're offering 3 months for just £5. Go to thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com/ for details. --- "Modern Jazz Samba" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Comm...

This week  Graham Stewart  spoke to our US editor  Oliver Wiseman  who reports back from a Prepper camp in West Virginia, and the Director of the European Research Group  Christopher Howarth  explains how MPs are carrying on in a half-empty parliament. Oliver’s dispatch from Fortitude Ranch can be found in  the upcoming issue of  The Critic  Magazine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

This week Graham Stewart spoke to author DJ Taylor about the many women pursued by the novelist George Orwell – and he caught up with TV Critic Adam LeBor to discuss Channel 4’s monarchy-based satire ‘The Windsors’. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.out...

This week  Richard Waghorne  argues for keeping people in the dark when it comes to Coronavirus to improve morale,  Sarah Ditum , our new Pop Critic talks about how TikTok is influencing the way music is written and  Oliver Wiseman  gives an update on the US election 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

Is Parliament’s role to be a check on government (as John Bercow believed) or a means of government (as Boris Johnson expects)? In this week’s Critic podcast Professor David Starkey distills 750 years of parliamentary history to challenge the notion of a constitutional separation of powers.  David’s latest article can be found by clicking here . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...

Steve Baker, the long-standing chairman of the European Research Group, has stepped down and given an exclusive interview with  The Critic  magazine. The Critic’s Deputy Political Editor David Scullion has written  a profile on the Brexiteer here  but you can listen to our interview with him Political Editor Graham Stewart below: See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a...

This week Graham spoke to US Editor Oliver Wiseman about Mike Bloomberg’s unorthodox attempt to win the Democratic nomination and Joseph Connolly explains why he gives men a dressing down in  his latest piece for  The Critic . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

his week on The Critic podcast we spoke to  John Whittingdale MP , 24 hours before he was made a Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. But while he was critical of the current “regressive” method of collection,  John Whittingdale  made clear to us that he believes there is no credible alternative except being funded from general taxation – an idea he is not fond of beca...

Today we launch a new weekly podcast where we’ll be speaking to MPs, peers, pundits and – (of course!) – our Critics. In the first episode we chatted to former trade minister Peter Lilley on what Boris Johnson can learn from Margaret Thatcher’s huge Commons majority and we caught up with regular  Critic  writers Hannah Betts and Robert Thicknesse on the enduring power of wearing black and the poli...