Books
Old Man River
For centuries, the Po has been the lifeblood of Northern Italy
Killing and kissing
An engaging account of sex in wartime
In the court of the Mughal emperor
Why remember the embarrassing first steps of a giant?
Show me the money
Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?
When nationalism was woke
After the events of 1848, Europe was never the same again
Casting light in dark corners
No other historian can provide a better introduction to a big subject
The Whig view of Spanish history
For left-wing author Giles Tremlett, concord is the telos of Spain’s history — on the left’s terms, that is
Pyramids for piggies and Gothic privies
Mixed in with the whimsical, the eccentric and the downright weird, there are masterpieces
Murders for April
Dark academia and classic hollywood horror
Snaps, crackles and Pop Art
Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
