Books
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
Britain’s archipelago of shame
The UK’s treatment of Chagossians doesn’t amount to a crime against humanity
Egypt’s secret Nazi brains trust
After a humiliating defeat in the war over Israel, the Egyptians wanted revenge
The feud that felled the Roman Republic
The personal differences between Caesar and Cato mattered
New tunes from a hatful of old songs
We approach Dylan’s both peerless and wildly uneven catalogue only through the after-image of his dazzling prime
Exploding the Anglosphere Dream
Is canzuk revivalism scary enough to need book-length refutation?
A farewell to Carmen
Why will there be no more Carmen Callils?
The pontiff who looked the other way
David Kertzer unearths dramatic evidence from recently-released Vatican files
Puncturing Putin’s dangerous myths
Everyone reveres WWII myths — but the cult of the Great Patriotic War defines modern Russia
Defending women’s spaces, again
An essential book that should not have had to be written
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws