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Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe?
Professor Jeremy Black explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe
Fishing wars
Brexit fallout sees France going into decline, while Britain exploits its new-found freedoms
The elephant in the classroom
Imagining itself to be impartial, the “neutral” RE curriculum imposes its own claim
Broken news
Binding stations to strict impartiality regulations deprives people of watching partisan news programmes even if they want to
Big questions, muddled answers
Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas
Who are friends to judge us?
It turns out the system was wrong, we now discover
Good news clickbait
Cleo Smith has been found, just rejoice at that news
The abandoned middle
The chancellor’s budget fails to take the side of ordinary people
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
Jumbo soars in uneven Hamlet
Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright