Churchill
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Why Britain is being framed as the new enemy
Podcasters, amateur historians and America’s populist right have joined the assault
Havana splendid time
On the joy of cigar smoking
BBC embattled in Donmar’s latest
A new production delves into the tense relationship between the BBC and Stanley Baldwin’s government.
Orwell: my self-help guru
Slavery should be reinstated so that it can be abolished by a queer woman of colour
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
