AJP Taylor
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
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.
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day