The Critic Show

Journalist Charlotte Gill joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss London under Sadiq Khan, the classism of environmental regulations, and the politicisation of everything. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Poppy Coburn joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss the charity sector, Conservative failings and her problems with the concept of post-liberalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victoria Smith joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss her new book "Hags", the intersection of ageism and misogyny, and why J.K. Rowling makes people lose their marbles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Sixsmith and Sebastian Milbank discuss the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the ongoing consequences of the war, and why Alastair Campbell has a place in public life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lola Salem joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss gender politics, parenthood and the workplace, and the right-wing critique of art. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Online Editor Ben Sixsmith takes a wry look at the week's events with Online Editor Ben Sixsmith This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Online Editor Ben Sixsmith speaks to Fred Skulthorp about his new print piece "The keyboard secret army", online disinformation, the journalists who have been so obsessed with it and how to reverse declining trust in media and politics. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Ac...

Ben Sixsmith talks to Charlie Peters about his new “GB News Investigates” documentary Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame and the multi-layered scandal of grooming gangs. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Sixsmith speaks to Henry Jeffreys, the author of Empire of Booze, The Home Bar and the forthcoming Vines in a Cold Climate, about alcohol and all its implications. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sebastian Milbank and Ben Sixsmith join forces once again to discuss Americanisation, commercialisation, the real roots of Christmas and the ideal present for the whole family. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Sixsmith and Sebastian Milbank discuss social media, Elon Musk, the corruption of online spaces and their least favourite Twitter accounts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Sixsmith and Sebastian Milbank discuss the American midterms, their implications for the rest of the world, and why the hell Britons are so obsessed with the USA in the first place. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Online Editor Sebastian Milbank joins Contributing Editor Ben Sixsmith to discuss the prospects of the new Tory government, the media's Suella obsession, and why Sunak may be our first Californian Prime Minister. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

In this podcast, The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, talks to the magazine's parliamentary sketchwriter, Rob Hutton, about covering the Prime Minister's downfall. Picture: Boris Johnson addresses the nation as he announces his resignation outside 10 Downing Street, on 7 July  2022 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th...

The Tribes of Westminster is a new monthly podcast co-produced by the Critic and the New Social Covenant Unit, seeking to unearth the intellectual roots of Westminster. This month Steve Baker MP speaks to Danny Kruger MP, Online Editor of the Critic, Sebastian Milbank, and Imogen Sinclair, Director of the NSCU, about his Christian libertarianism.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

In the June 2022 issue of The Critic , Nick Timothy wrote that football needed to “search its conscience”, regarding the growing trend of clubs selling their own “fan tokens” — a sort of club-labelled crypto product, which can be bought and sold at prices that rise and fall according to demand. In this podcast, The Critic 's literary editor, Paul Lay, talks to The Critic 's Sporting Life correspon...

Olivia Hartley and Laura Dodsworth discuss Laura's article for the May 2022 issue of The Critic, "The false euphoria of dysphoria", the kickback she received against her piece, and the state of feminism today. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Most ex-Prime Ministers struggle with life after Downing Street. But would Boris bounce back and, if so, in what role? In this podcast, his former Telegraph colleague, James Kirkup — along with Rob Hutton and Christopher Montgomery — discuss with Graham Stewart whether there is life after power for Boris Johnson. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

Historian of the Labour movement Anthony Broxton talks to Critic online editor Sebastian Milbank to mark 25 years since the 1997 election that saw Tony Blair sweep to power. They ask what lessons the modern left can draw from his example.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe Hosted on...

Three years ago the UK had been due to leave the EU. But on the same day, 28 MPs voted against Theresa May's EU Withdrawal deal and hoped for a clean break. They became known as the Spartans and played a pivotal role in ousting Theresa May and securing a much greater break with the EU. David Scullion speaks to three with veteran lobby journalist Robert Hutton. This is a public episode. If you'd li...

Journalist, author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens joins Professor Adrian Pabst, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research to discuss the role of Western foreign policy in bringing about war in Ukraine.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.outpoststudios.net/subscribe H...

Sir Richard Shepherd, for 35 years an independently minded Conservative MP, died last month. How should he be remembered? As a Eurosceptic and a natural rebel, certainly, and also as the founder of Partridges - one of London's most loved food shops. But was he, at heart, a libertarian or a traditional Tory or an old school Liberal?  Joining The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, to discuss R...

Online Editor Sebastian Milbank hosts a special Critic Podcast special reacting to Russian's invasion of the Ukraine. He's joined by Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security and Strategy of the University of Birmingham, and Sam Ashworth-Hayes, Director of Studies at the Henry Jackson Society to discuss the conflict and its implications for the West.  This is a public episode. If you'd l...

On this episode of The Critic Podcast Professor Adrian Pabst, Alys Denby and Imogen Sinclair discuss whether the government's levelling up agenda is enough to reverse decades of regional inequality, and whether the right prescription is state intervention, civil society or the free market.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episod...

Raquel Rosario Sanchez is going to court to fight a trial against the University of Bristol for failing to protect her from bullying and harassment by trans activists. The case begins on the 7th February, and you can support Raquel here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/bullying-and-harassment-enable-bristol-university/ . Julie Bindel asks her about her story, and how she has coped.  This is a pu...