David Martin Jones
David Martin Jones is Visiting Professor in War Studies at King’s College London. His book History’s Fools: The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics is published by Hurst this month.
Islamophobia and the suicide of the West
In our perverse desire to tolerate the intolerable we have succumbed to Christophobia
Why we might look back on Trump’s foreign policy with fondness
Joe Biden’s election signals a return to Washington’s default liberal and progressive values, especially in foreign affairs
Brexlit and the decline of the English novel
Literature’s outraged elitists chose smug contempt over real insight
Memoirs of a Microaggressor
Will Collins traces the aristocratic roots of the social justice warriors’ search for purity
Why it is right to question the orthodox Covid-19 narrative
The authors of ‘Welcome to Covidworld’ defend their stance
The nation’s favourite: why Coronation Street matters
As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?
Will Biden be America’s Philippe Pétain?
So strong was the media’s desire to get rid of Trump, that they suspended all criticism of the cognitive decline of his successor
Poignant power of cheap food
Would I read it if the subject wasn’t famous? One has to say yes, with chips and curry sauce
Letter for Washington: Biden, meet Boris
The case for tentative optimism about transatlantic relations
Kicked out of the Comedy Club
Andrew Doyle wonders why so many comedians are offended by the satire of Titania McGrath
Welcome to Covidworld
Ian James Kidd and Matthew Ratcliffe assess our new altered reality, where accepted norms do not apply
That’s a T32 frigate and I am pleased to see you
Five letters send a chill down the spine of your friends: BORIS