British History
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Power, money and the English city
The development of English urbanisation
From Balfour to Sunak
Remembering a previous prime ministerial humiliation
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Small boats and big problems
The asylum issue is not going away, and Keir Starmer must face it soon
Eyes on a miserly prize
It’s not just owners who are being fleeced
Troublesome women
Rebellious heroines and unscrupulous heroes
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
