A new book breathes new life into historical fiction

Some of those connected with the slave trade by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography have only the most tenuous of associations

Concerns about political correctness are preventing too many MPs from properly addressing the scandal of sex-grooming gangs

The strange logic of the activists who insist the term “Anglo-Saxon” is racist

Soaring rents, punitive tax, and the cost of living crisis risks making the country into a version of the dystopian novel The Children of Men

The decline and fall of the dreaming spires and their replacement by shuttered shops, sad cafés and mothballed pubs

Twitter could be a boon to academics. Instead, it has become the playground of a cynical cabal of work-shy mediocrities

Lord Lawson’s calm, assured leadership was pivotal in securing Brexit

Te sell-outs who always sell out

The diverging fates of Central Europe’s Roma and Jewish musicians