British History
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
Brideshead Revisited at 75
In its combination of glacial beauty and lovelorn desperation, Brideshead Revisited speaks to all readers, Alexander Larman writes
Scotched salmon
Patrick Galbraith on wild food and ethical blindspots
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own