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The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning

A hideous babel of gimmicky buildings that scream: “Me! Me! Me!”

Twitter vigilante

Thanks to “critical theory”, the study of English literature has become overrun with boring academics who hardly inspire the next generation

Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing

Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age

San Francisco should serve as a cautionary tale as to what can happen when “progressive” far-left ideology dominates politics

The world needs to rekindle its democratic alliances to counter China’s growing techno-authoritarian power

Professor Jeremy Black speaks with Graham Stewart about the naval firepower, the RAF’s bombing offensive and the campaigns in Greece, Italy and Normandy

There are times, even in our dressed-down age, when clothes maketh the deal