Churchill
Perspectives on Churchill
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about Winston Churchill’s career up to 1940
History wars
Churchill’s statue was attacked because he symbolises the continuity of the nation
Culture wars are about our society
The notion of collective racial guilt undermines all institutions
The small matter of Britain’s interest in China
To many Britons, China is a large country, far away
Are British universities unwittingly arming China?
Graham Stewart and David Scullion talk to Radomir Tylecote about how British universities are cooperating with organisations linked to the Chinese military
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
How the pandemic has exacerbated our struggle for dignity
David Goodhart’s recent book is a reminder that we need to look out for those whose lives, jobs and purpose are disappearing
What is truth?
It depends upon what the meaning of booking a hotel room is
Is incitement to religious hatred the new blasphemy?
In a new lecture for Gresham College, Ivan Hare QC discusses the law’s attempts to deal with hatred and vilification throughout history
The Republicans’ reality problem
MAGA cultists are leading the Republicans into unreality
Saving Rugby from BLM Marxism
Governors of boarding schools are supposed to be custodians, not political activists
Carrie’s war
Love me, love my curtains
Drink In to Help Out: Wines from the Western Cape
Henry Jeffreys recommends five wines to support South Africa’s wine industry as it recovers from the aftermath of the pandemic
Rehabilitation of a great stylist
Christopher Bray thinks Roth’s “novelist’s autobiography” is one of his most fizzing examinations of the stories that construct our various selves