British History
A forgotten British great: Smelfungus
Now languishing in undeserved obscurity, Tobias Smollett should be remembered
The enduring Commonwealth
The rise and fall (and rise?) of the Commonwealth club
The feud that made the modern age
A new book breathes new life into historical fiction
What are your links to slavery?
Some of those connected with the slave trade by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography have only the most tenuous of associations
The North Riding, rediscovered
A welcome addition to Yorkshire volumes
England reclaimed
How we became a nation of drainage engineers
When young men headed East
The early growth of the Empire was fuelled by spices, not slaves
Traditions of the future
Time to recover Britain’s Judeo-Christian constitutional heritage
The rich and varied past of our islands
Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norwegians all made their marks
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
She wants to be in America
🎶 Airtime for me in America 🎶
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
