Podcast
Steam powering progress
How Victorian railways were the engine of modern technologies
At full steam
The birth of British railways
The door of no return
Slavery and reparations in the 21st century
London calling
The decline of our capital
American politics at the crossroads
And its short but bitter history
Britain and the Blob (w/ Poppy Coburn)
Where does the left have power?
The Revolution’s shadow
How did conflict affect British politics?
Not going to be ignored (w/ Victoria Smith)
On the demonisation of middle-aged women
Fielding Sterne questions
The novel world of English literature in the 1700s
Mission accomplished? (with Ben Sixsmith and Sebastian Milbank)
Assessing the Iraq War and its ongoing effects
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Will Syria’s Christians really be safe under HTS?
The evidence, alas, gives little cause for optimism
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
