Robert Lyman
Robert Lyman is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He tweets at @robert_lyman
Master of sword and word
Field Marshal William Slim was not only Britain’s greatest military field commander, but our finest soldier-writer, too
When young men headed East
The early growth of the Empire was fuelled by spices, not slaves
The British empire, for good and ill
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning offers the first serious counterblast against the hysterical orthodoxy
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves