Results for "Graham Stewart"
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The development of geopolitical thought in the Cold War
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Is military history, history?
Tanks, but no tanks
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
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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
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus