Professor Jeremy Black discusses with Graham Stewart how US and British defence and security reviews depart from, or continue, a coherent western strategic worldview

Steve Morris reflects on his time at the University of East Anglia with his contemporary, Iain Dale

As Super League celebrates its 25th birthday, rugby league is further away from its founder’s vision than ever.

Syria’s war has licensed this century’s worst growth in violent depravity – and it shows no sign of ending soon

Labour has no hope of returning to power if they fail to capture a comfortable working-class seat from a government that has presided over the greatest crisis in living memory

The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast

The climaxes are sensational, some of the strongest music Penderecki ever created; we may never see its like again

Dominic Hilton laments the various lunacies surrounding his name

The George Formby Society attempts a ukulele world record, online

A recent book launch hosted by Policy Exchange provided the perfect opportunity for a Frost, Gove, Rudd and Mandelson rematch