How Victorian railways were the engine of modern technologies
Steam trains may now be associated with nostalgia, but as Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss, they were at the forefront of a wide range of engineering and technological advances.
Challenge the consensus. Access rigorous analysis.
The birth of British railways
How did conflict affect British politics?
And its short but bitter history
On ebbing power of the political influencer
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
