A conflict of worldviews: compulsory sex education
How well equipped are our courts to handle sensitive conflicts?
Love, fame, power: the false allure of the celebrity politician
To truly achieve celebrity status and win a place in the nation’s affections you have to give up your political ambitions – just look at Ed Balls
Carlos and Me
Following Carlos Menem’s recent passing, David Smith remembers his relationship with the bold and cunning politician
Poor white men and Labour’s identity trap
Survey data backs the Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities’ finding that Britain is a successful multi-racial society
How imaginative should historians be?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about archival research and the importance of source material
Prince Philip — a public life
Alexander Larman looks at the life and duty of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who has died at the age of 99
The reinvention of Ed Balls
Ed Balls’ presence in public life is a welcome reminder that sometimes there can be a second act for former politicians
How the pandemic has remade women ‘the Angel in the House’
As we celebrate International Women’s Day, has a year of lockdowns shown us that equality in the home is still a fantasy?
World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
He’s behind you!
Turn again, Detective Inspector Hathaway