Artillery Row
Hilda on to what you have
The humanists are coming to get us
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
Criticising the critic
Criticism is a valuable art but it should never end up as a tool for bullying
British Crime Classics
Jeremy Black’s recommendations for a murderous British genre
Clement Attlee – Prophet of Brexit
Attlee’s reasons for opposing Britain joining the European Community resonate today
The correct answer to the Brexit 50p grammar war
Dominic Green gives his tuppence on the Brexit 50p comma debate
Fight fire with fire
Vladislav Davidzon watches French firefighters set themselves alight
Nicholas Parsons vs Auberon Waugh
How Parsons won a battle of wits
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
How to get history wrong: a case study
Jeremy Black explains the strange case of Edward Lucas
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival