The miracle of the Constitution
On 3 May 1791, Poland became the cradle of constitutionalism in continental Europe
The meaning of World War Two history
Our responsibility to remember
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
