Can we ever be on the right side of history?
History is the composite of our collective actions, looming over us ready to make a verdict
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
