Jeremy Black/The Critic podcasts – most recent first
BLACK’S HISTORY WEEK
General History Podcasts
The Crimean War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-crimean-war
The Napoleonic Wars https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-napoleonic-wars
Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/was-there-a-military-revolution-in-early-modern-europe
Medieval Warfare https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/medieval-warfare
Siege Warfare https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/siege-warfare
Warfare in the classical world https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/warfare-in-the-classical-world
Japan v China – the history of a rivalry https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/japan-v-china-the-history-of-a-rivalry
Does AUKUS change Australia’s role in the Pacific https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/does-aukus-change-australias-role-in-the-pacific
A short history of war https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/a-short-history-of-war
British Armed Forces
The Long View of Britain’s Armed Forces https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-long-view-of-britains-armed-forces
Where does American Strategy go from here https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/where-does-american-strategy-go-from-here
Britain’s Military Performance in Iraq and Afghanistan https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/britains-military-performance-in-iraq-and-afghanistan
Fighting for the new world order https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/fighting-for-the-new-world-order
Were British forces a match for the Warsaw Pact? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-falklands-war
The Falklands War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-falklands-war
How the British Army fought the IRA https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/how-the-british-army-fought-the-ira
Confronting or managing decolonisation? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/confronting-or-managing-decolonisation
From fighting fascists to confronting communists https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/from-fighting-fascists-to-confronting-communists
Allies at war https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/allies-at-war
British forces on the offensive 1943-45 https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/british-forces-on-the-offensive-1943-45
The British Military in the Second World War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-british-military-in-the-second-world-war-slow-or-quick-l
Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/britains-armed-forces-during-the-rise-of-hitler
A contemptible little Army? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/a-contemptible-little-army
General History Podcasts
Land and sea: the global reach of Britain's armed forces in the nineteenth century https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/land-and-sea-the-global-reach-of-britains-armed-forces-in-th
Napoleon’s shifting reputation https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/napoleons-shifting-reputation
Queens and Queen Consorts https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/queens
Crown, cross and altar https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/crown-cross-and-altar
Crowned heads and brass hats https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/crowned-heads-and-brass-hats
How Exceptional is Britain’s monarchy https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-making-of-monarchy
Jane Austen’s Social and Political world https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/jane-austens-social-and-political-world
The role of Prime Minister from Gladstone to Johnson https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-role-of-prime-minister-from-gladstone-to-johnson
The evolving role of Prime Minister https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-evolving-role-of-prime-minister
How imaginative should historians be? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/how-imaginative-should-historians-be
Joined-up strategy? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/joined-up-strategy
Conspiracies: theory and practice https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/conspiracies-theory-and-practice
Which political diaries are worth taking seriously? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/which-political-diaries-are-worth-taking-seriously
Churchill as a warlord https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/churchill-as-warlord-how-good-a-strategist-was-he
Perspectives on Churchill https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/perspectives-on-churchill
Poirot’s little grey cells https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/poirots-little-grey-cells
France Podcasts
French Connections https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/french-connections
France since De Gaulle: a radical or conservative republic? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/france-since-de-gaulle-a-radical-or-conservative-republic
Did Gaullism save France? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/did-gaullism-save-france
France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/france-between-belle-epoque-and-blitzkrieg
How liberal and egalitarian was 19thC France https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/how-liberal-and-egalitarian-was-nineteenth-century-france
The French Revolution and it’s legacy https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-french-revolution-and-its-legacy
General History Podcasts
Does History have a meaning? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/does-history-have-meaning
My eighteenth century life https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/my-eighteenth-century-life
History on the box https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/history-on-the-box
What do detective novels tell us about the period in which they were written? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/what-do-detective-novels-tell-us-about-the-period-in-which-t
How the Second World War was mapped https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/how-the-second-world-war-was-mapped
Tank warfare – its past and future https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-past-and-future-of-tank-warfare
George III – a much misunderstood monarch? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/george-iii-a-much-misunderstood-monarch
Hail to the Chief Podcasts
Hail to the Chief (Part VI) https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief-vi
Hail to the Chief Part V) https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief-part-v
Hail to the Chief (Part !V) https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief-part-iv
Hail to the Chief (Part III) https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief-part-iii
Hail to the Chief (Part II) https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief-ii
Hail to the Chief https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/hail-to-the-chief
General History Podcasts
Was Parliament more rebellious in the 18thC https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/was-parliament-more-rebellious-in-the-eighteenth-century
Whatever happened to the polymath? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/jb-polymath
The Ruling Passion: should former prime ministers gently fade away? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-ruling-passion
THE CRITIC PODCASTS
Frustrate their Knavish Tricks: Is foreign interference in British politics any different now than in the past? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/frustrate-their-knavish-tricks
What made eighteenth century Britain such an innovative society? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/what-made-eighteenth-century-britain-such-an-innovative-soci
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/how-europe-slowly-came-to-terms-with-the-holocaust
The Portuguese at home and overseas https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/the-portuguese-at-home-and-overseas
The grandeur and instability of Spain https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/the-grandeur-and-instability-of-spain
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the strength of Italy's national unity https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/how-united-is-italy
Does the Mediterranean have a common culture? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/does-the-mediterranean-have-a-common-culture
The rise and fall of the British newspaper https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/still-fit-to-print
Britain’s new East of Suez defence policy https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/the-new-elizabethans
The Grand Tour - what the British got up to abroad https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/the-grand-tour-what-the-british-got-up-to-abroad
How has James Bond evolved? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/how-has-james-bond-evolved
Where do we stand with the twentieth century? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/where-do-we-stand-with-the-twentieth-century
Are we witnessing a new age of emancipation? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/are-we-witnessing-a-new-age-of-emancipation
When did the Cold War actually start? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/when-did-the-cold-war-actually-start
What does 'decolonising the curriculum' mean? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/what-does-decolonising-the-curriculum-mean
Is the lockdown causing more problems than it's solving? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/is-the-lockdown-causing-more-problems-than-its-solving
Graham Stewart asks Professor Jeremy Black why Britain's armed forces are better trusted to deliver procurement than other state bodies and whether Britons have always held the armed forces in such high esteem? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/britains-armed-forces-to-the-rescue
Can parliament work by zoom and are Universities in crisis? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/can-parliament-work-by-zoom-and-are-universities-in-crisis
Graham Stewart speaks to Professor Jeremy Black about historical reactions to national crises https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-podcast/episodes/controlling-crises
A Comprehensive List of Jeremy Black’s Pieces
(from most recent backwards)
Sherlock Holmes plays the white man - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-january-2022/sherlock-holmes-plays-the-white-man/
Murders for later November - https://thecritic.co.uk/battle-of-the-leftists/
Battle of the leftists - https://thecritic.co.uk/battle-of-the-leftists/
Murders for early November - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-early-november/
Murders for Late October - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-october/
Clash of Empires - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/october-2021/clash-of-empires/
Problems with the universities, number 1241: ‘The Senior Management Group’ https://thecritic.co.uk/problems-with-the-universities-number-1241-the-senior-management-group/
Murders for the end of September- https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-the-end-of-september/
007’s License to thrill is renewed - https://thecritic.co.uk/007s-licence-to-thrill-is-renewed/
Making sense of the SNP - https://thecritic.co.uk/making-sense-of-the-snp/
Fifth Column - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-august/
Murders for Late August - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-august/
Murders for August - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-august/
Castigating Britain - https://thecritic.co.uk/castigating-britain/
Murders for the summer holidays - https://thecritic.co.uk/summer-holiday-murders/
Rhodes still stands - https://thecritic.co.uk/rhodes-still-stands/
Black Spartacus - https://thecritic.co.uk/black-spartacus/
Murders for late June - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-june/
Oxford’s Civil War - https://thecritic.co.uk/oxfords-civil-war/
What Magdalen Students get wrong - https://thecritic.co.uk/what-magdalen-college-students-get-wrong/
Murders for early June - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-early-june/
Anatomy of disaster - https://thecritic.co.uk/anatomy-of-a-catastrophe/
Murders for late May - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-may/
Should the government launch a culture war? - https://thecritic.co.uk/should-the-government-launch-a-culture-war/
Faustian Bargains of the review world - https://thecritic.co.uk/faustian-bargains-of-the-review-world/
Murders for early may - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-early-may/
Is it really time for the monarchy to go? - https://thecritic.co.uk/is-it-really-time-for-the-monarchy-to-go/
Murders for late April - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-april/
Murders for April - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-april/
Books you might have missed - https://thecritic.co.uk/books-you-might-have-missed/
The wrong war? - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/april-2021/the-wrong-war/
Murders for late February - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-late-february/
Why the narrative on Britain’s role in slave trade is misleading - https://thecritic.co.uk/why-the-narrative-on-britains-role-in-the-slave-trade-is-misleading/
The Polish perspective - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-polish-perspective/
Murders for the end of the month - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-the-end-of-the-month/
Three first-rate books on maps - https://thecritic.co.uk/three-first-rate-books-on-maps/
Louis XIV: a monarch of purpose - https://thecritic.co.uk/louis-xiv-a-monarch-of-purpose/
Murders ranging widely - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-ranging-widely/
Murders for January - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-january/
Atlases aren’t dead yet - https://thecritic.co.uk/atlases-arent-dead-yet/
Ignorance on the Cam - https://thecritic.co.uk/ignorance-on-the-cam/
Mapping the past - https://thecritic.co.uk/mapping-the-past/
Murder stories for December days - https://thecritic.co.uk/murder-stories-for-december-days/
Between war and empire - https://thecritic.co.uk/between-war-and-empire/
Murders for the onset of shorter days - https://thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-the-onset-of-shorter-days/
Raunchy tale of pedigree chums - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2020/raunchy-tale-of-pedigree-chums/
History wars roll on - https://thecritic.co.uk/history-wars-roll-on/
The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-royal-navy-in-the-front-line-against-slavery/
Decentralisation and the impact of political contingencies - https://thecritic.co.uk/decentralisation-and-the-impact-of-political-contingencies/
Criminally good writing - https://thecritic.co.uk/criminally-good-writing/
An undemocratic elite is waging war on Britain’s past - https://thecritic.co.uk/an-undemocratic-elite-is-waging-war-on-britains-past/
Jane’s profound piety - https://thecritic.co.uk/janes-profound-piety/
History wars - https://thecritic.co.uk/history-wars/
Culture wars are about our society - https://thecritic.co.uk/culture-wars-are-about-our-society/
The facts and the fury - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-facts-and-the-fury/
How much push? Racist anti-racists and the university - https://thecritic.co.uk/how-much-push-racist-anti-racists-and-the-university/
How to climb the academic pole - https://thecritic.co.uk/how-to-climb-the-academic-pole/
A new student experience - https://thecritic.co.uk/a-new-student-experience/
The idea of a twenty-first century university - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-idea-of-a-twenty-first-century-university/
Can British history be saved? https://thecritic.co.uk/can-british-history-be-saved/
Leading by tantrum - https://thecritic.co.uk/leading-by-tantrum/
The universities and the need for reform - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-universities-and-the-need-for-reform/
Free speech in universities: a case study from Exeter - https://thecritic.co.uk/free-speech-at-universities-a-case-study-from-exeter/
Nothing but the truth - https://thecritic.co.uk/nothing-but-the-truth/
Thoughts on the BBC: reflections of a conservative historian - https://thecritic.co.uk/thoughts-on-the-bbc-reflections-of-a-conservative-historian/
Discussing magic - https://thecritic.co.uk/discussing-magic/
British Crime Classics - https://thecritic.co.uk/british-crime-classics/
How to get history wrong: a case study - https://thecritic.co.uk/how-to-get-history-wrong-a-case-study/
Teaching at Goronstoun’s prep school - https://thecritic.co.uk/teaching-at-gordonstouns-prep-school/
Rethinking military revolutions - https://thecritic.co.uk/rethinking-military-revolutions/
Charles Moore’s Margaret Thatchers - https://thecritic.co.uk/moore-on-thatcher/
The anarchy lacks context - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-anarchy-lacks-context/
The limitations of the university - https://thecritic.co.uk/the-limitations-of-the-university/
A good read but variable as history - https://thecritic.co.uk/a-good-read-but-variable-as-history/
History man - https://thecritic.co.uk/history-man/
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field - https://thecritic.co.uk/a-flawed-masterpiece-that-will-dominate-the-field/
Might-have-been books - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2019/might-have-been-books/
BOOK
Jeremy Black, To Lose an Empire: British Strategy and Foreign Policy, 1758-90, Bloomsbury, 2021