Artillery Row
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family
As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel
Pick for Britain!
…as long as you’re not from the UK. How the government has gaslit British workers
The decline of the humanist movement
The puritanical secularism of the American Humanist Association is a stark departure from the founding principles of humanism
Betraying the green belt
The proposals to develop and build on the West Yorkshire moors is an act of vandalism which should be abhorrent to all who identify as conservative
Napoleon Bonaparte: The man behind the myth
Olivia Hartley and Dr Arabella Byrne talk about Napoleon’s legacy and why the French love anniversaries
Hartlepool and the dignity of Labour
After losing Hartlepool to the Conservatives, the Labour Party would do well to take heed of Jon Cruddas’s new book
Truman and Tennessee: an unlikely friendship
Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south
The perils of privilege
Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere
Iran’s hostage diplomacy
The UK Government’s reluctance to acknowledge Iran’s hostility shows the bizarre lengths to which countries must now go to appease Iran
Staying out is the hard part
There are no dominoes to fall in Afghanistan