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
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate