Alan Sked
Alan Sked is professor emeritus of international history at LSE
Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
