Ruth Scurr
Ruth Scurr is the author of Napoleon: A Life in Gardens (2021). She tweets at @ScurrRuth
The regal rise of le petit caporal
Napoleon believed his glorious destiny was to terminate the Revolution
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
