David Starkey
David Starkey, Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Honorary Professor of History at the University of Buckingham, is one of Britain’s leading historians. He is the author of many books and has guest-curated several major historical exhibitions. He tweets at @DrDStarkeyCBE
Put the Nation back into One Nation Conservatism
Is One Nation Conservatism a real idea or just an empty slogan?
Tawdry roots of a deeply damaging doctrine
The Separation of Powers is one of the worst, and one of the most influential, ideas around
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
