McCarthyism, Cancel Culture and the new woke agenda
J. C. D. Clark reveals how Alan Dershowitz’s book is a nostalgic defence of the ‘American dream’ and of American exceptionalism
Mapping the Blob
The Long March draws together evidence that we half knew but shied away from
Learning from History
Despite Coronavirus, some things will never change
Why they rebel…
J. C. D. Clark delves into Extinction Rebellion’s new pamphlet in search of something more
The unhappy iconoclast of the Right
J. C. D Clark reviews Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier by D. W. Hayton
Budget 2021: What did we get?
Rishi goes back to tax and spend
Murders for late February
From countryside crimes to mysteries on the waves, Jeremy Black recommends further reading from the British Library Crime Classics collection
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
Handle this situation maturely
Or chaos with Ed Miliband
Conflicts of interest
Labour, like the Church, may never reconcile the different views of all its supporters
Vaccine certification: when intolerance meets hypochondria
It’s high time that we stop allowing fear to rule our lives and re-establish a healthy relationship with the risks that have surrounded us since time immemorial
Mystery of the lost Rembrandt
Michael Prodger tracks the story of a lost masterpiece
Swim and tonic
The latest buzz from our back-stage gossip
Scot free
The Unionists’ hope of ousting Sturgeon has failed. Now what?