Results for "Graham Stewart"
Talk of the town
On the strangeness and variety of urban development
Lies, damned lies, and biopics
Ridley Scott’s casual treatment of truth in Napoleon does a disservice to both history and storytelling
New beginnings, old problems
How did geopolitics evolve in the aftermath of World War Two?
The changing shape of British roads
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart walk the winding path of British transport history
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
A load of hot air (w/ Barry Norris)
Why wind power cannot meet our needs
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Urban insecurity and conflict
The medieval English town was subject to fire, flood, plague — and revolution
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border