Darius
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear