British History
Happily devoid of consequences
The Beano magazine retains its quality but not all its character over the decades
Failed state
How history makes rioters of the French
The myth of the plucky Brit
Notwithstanding our favourite WWII stories, derring-do doesn’t win wars
History in the taking
History is being rewritten, and statues can stop it
A town called Egmont
A.S.H. Smyth yomps to the scant, wind-battered ruins of the first British colony on the Falkland Islands
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
An American in search of the English national character
Daniel Pipes’s quest to understand the English national character leaves him none the wiser
Between war and empire
Jeremy Black weighs in on two recent historiographical offerings
Born on the Fourth of July
Us Brits need to come to an honest reckoning over what happened in Afghanistan
The most hateful decision
Honour, power and will at Mers-el-Kébir 80 years ago today
How gender identity hurt women in Argentina
Argentinian women need refuges — but only for women
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
Welcome to Hawk Tuah World
Population: all of us
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
