Debunking myths of the Great Divergence
Tirthankar Roy dismisses both nationalist tropes about evil colonialists and imperial assumptions of benevolent liberal intervention
The making of a maelstrom
How the Anglophile Kaiser Wilhelm went to war with Britain
Churchill and the genocide myth
Zareer Masani says the wartime prime minister has been unfairly vilified over the 1943 Indian famine
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
