Results for "Graham Stewart"
The Boer War
Professor Jeremy Black talks about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat
What has gone wrong with our universities?
A warts and all look at British higher education
German foreign policy
Berlin’s Russian blunders
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
A load of hot air (w/ Barry Norris)
Why wind power cannot meet our needs
Steam powering progress
How Victorian railways were the engine of modern technologies
From fighting Fascists to confronting Communists
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Britain’s armed forces 1945-1952
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
Urban insecurity and conflict
The medieval English town was subject to fire, flood, plague — and revolution
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide