Cold War
America first
No one can sensibly doubt that American primacy is much more agreeable to us than Chinese hegemony
China: Cold war or hot peace?
The culture clash between East and West is complicated by interdependence
China: The rules of engagement
How should America deal with a newly aggressive and expansionist Beijing?
When did the Cold War actually start?
Professor Jeremy Black picks-over the evidence with Graham Stewart
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
A brave voice against the barbarians
David Pryce-Jones recalls a life of literary friendships and the defence of Western civilisation
My gratitude to the Cold War
As the the British Army presence in Germany came to an end, so did a way of life that engraved itself into the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Brits and Germans.
How to get history wrong: a case study
Jeremy Black explains the strange case of Edward Lucas
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
