Land and sea: the global reach of Britain’s armed forces in the nineteenth century
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the reach and organisation of Britain’s armed forces in protecting and expanding the British empire
Our Man about Town
On the merits of celebrity authors and literary book prizes
Napoleon’s shifting reputation
Professor Jeremy Black speaks to Graham Stewart about Napoleon’s reputation
The cloak of woke
Are “progressive” leaders just canny politicians?
Have queens enjoyed the same authority as kings?
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role of the queen in British and European history
Should the Government ban “gay cure”?
Rev. Matthew Roberts and Jo Bartosch debate the merits of the proposed legislation
Crown, cross and altar
The centrality of religion to the status and mission of monarchy in Britain and Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte: The man behind the myth
Olivia Hartley and Dr Arabella Byrne talk about Napoleon’s legacy and why the French love anniversaries
Crowned heads and brass hats
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about military monarchs
Psychological cures to social ills?
Oliver Wiseman speaks to Jesse Singal about how bad ideas spread so easily and why the psychological cures to our social ills should be taken with a spoonful of salt
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
