For the LRB (6 Jan. 2022)
Journalism
The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell
For the Times (8 Dec. 2021)
Why has the Gunpowder Plot been remembered for Centuries?
Four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of a popular English festival, History Today, (Nov. 2021)
The Making of Oliver Cromwell by Ronald Hutton
For the Telegraph (7 Aug. 2021)
The Pandemic and History:
Four historians consider whether the experience of the pandemic has changed their views on the nature of historical crises (June 2021)
Providence Lost: The Rise & Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate by Paul Lay
For the Guardian (1 Jan 2020).
From Russia with Love
For History Today (June 2019)
Battle-scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars edited by David Appleby and Andrew Hopper
For London Review of Books (3 Jan. 2019)
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
For the Guardian (22 Sept. 2018)
Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman
For the Telegraph (7 July 2018)