Colonialism and Slavery
The rise and fall of slavery in the Caribbean
Professor Jeremy Black on the reality of the slave economy created by the Caribbean’s European colonisers
Is the National Trust losing the nation’s trust?
If the National Trust is tired of promoting “heritage” what can be done to remind it of its purpose?
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting