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
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
