Phil Weir
Dr Phil Weir is a naval historian and author.
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?