Army
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
Kill or be killed: the charming cut-throats of the wild frontier
Visiting the site of a long-forgotten siege in the Hindu Kush
Is this what equality means?
US women could be about to achieve a level of equality not all of them actually want, by becoming eligible to be drafted in a time of war
Closet hippy of the SAS
Billingham is tight-lipped about his time in the SAS. His work afterwards provides the funniest anecdotes
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Action Tom
Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
