Classic Literature
Murders for early June
Jeremy Black’s ominous murder mystery round-up for the early summer
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
Tangled up in the myth of Dylan
Age hasn’t withered Dylan. He was always running towards it, arms open wide.
Black lives matter
Knife crime is predominantly black on black, so don’t hold the police back
Invisible men
Black intellectuals who refuse to subscribe to the liberal consensus on race have been belittled, insulted and ignored by a predominantly white left wing elite
The detective who knew too much
Ian Thomson delves into the most-investigated unsolved killing in British history as the investigation report was finally released on 15 June
Boris and Saj go large
Covid cases are going back up – so, time to get the party started
The British military in the Second World War – slow or quick learners?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how Britain’s armed forces adapted to the challenges of fighting the Second World War
Hollywood’s suicidal mission
How Aperture 2025, the Academy’s new set of equality and diversity regulations, will ultimately stifle creativity
Full of Eastern promise
Out with the old, in with the new: Michael Prodger on art collection trends
Who’s afraid of Queen Victoria?
Attacks on monuments perpetuate the Victoria cult
Pick for Britain!
…as long as you’re not from the UK. How the government has gaslit British workers