We must assess history before we judge it
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss rail in Britain in the 20th century, and why the infamous Beeching cuts must be seen in their proper historical context.
Ideas that deserve discussion, not cancellation
How rail became an engine of modernity
From the Western Front to the Holocaust
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
