Cottages
The cottage in the country
The English cottage in the national consciousness
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Historiography made exciting
A new book from Richard Davenport-Hines makes history interesting and enjoyable
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
