Mathew Lyons
Mathew Lyons is a writer and historian. He tweets at @MathewJLyons
The medieval shock of the new
Changes in the early modern period forced people to look at themselves anew
A window into the medieval mind
Heaven on Earth captures the extraordinary efflorescence of Gothic architecture in Europe
A prayer for the Holocaust dead
Extra-judicial killing and its long aftermath forms the core of Linda Kinstler’s remarkable new book
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
