Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His most recent books in English are Civil War in Europe, 1905-1949 (2011) and The Spanish Civil War (2012), both published by Cambridge.
Digging up Franco, burying history
The resurgent Spanish left wants to exhume the former dictator’s remains and even outlaw any favourable mention of his legacy
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
