Beeching reconsidered
We must assess history before we judge it
Uni tunes (w/ Charlie Bentley-Astor)
Ideas that deserve discussion, not cancellation
Going loco — the development of modern rail
How rail became an engine of modernity
Travel and terror — trains in World War Two
From the Western Front to the Holocaust
Out of the Ashes (w/ Nick Timothy)
Will England triumph in 2023?
Between two superpowers
Rail in the development of the USA and the Soviet Union
Blood on the tracks — rail transport between the wars
A golden age of trains, before a dark age for the world
The making of an energy horror story (w/ James McSweeney)
Grab some popcorn and prepare to scream
The rail war
From Belarus to Belgium WWI was a war enabled by the steam train
Defenestrating a feminist filmmaker (w/ Vaishnavi Sundar)
Trans debates have erupted in India as well
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
