Robert Colls
Robert Colls is Professor Emeritus of History at De Montfort University.
England’s fair and pleasant land
It’s not cricket; it’s the murky world of identity
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley