Charles I
King Charles’s ruthless revenge
Whilst the traitors are swiftly rounded up and dispatched, a handful remain at large
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
