Artillery Row
Cancelled by my barristers’ chambers over a Tweet
Cancel culture is a straitjacket on the free expression of ideas, and democracy cannot hope to function when antagonists are muzzled
Anna Clyne: Mythologies (Avie)
Clyne’s debut record is a validation of the continuing relevance of classical form in the twenty-first century
Quarantine in the Falkland Islands – continued
In the final instalment of his Falklands quarantine diary, ASH Smyth gears up for the outside world after two weeks at home
The enduring legacy of Michel Foucault
How the French philosopher founded today’s social justice movement
Letter from Washington: This is Matt. Don’t be like Matt
Are Republicans serious?
Why can’t we have a good film of Noël Coward’s plays?
If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished
The history twisters
Nigel Jones warns that cinematic portrayals of historical events and figures could alter how we understand the past
Did Gaullism save France?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the French experience from the liberation of 1944 through to the student unrest of 1968
Conte’s conundrum
How has Italy’s Giuseppe Conte defied the odds and become a consequential political figure in his own right?
Beware the bill of attainder
Christopher Silvester explains how English history could have an important part to play in Trump’s impeachment