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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away