British History
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
