David Abulafia
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
Cancel the train drivers
Brexiteers, transphobes, racists and right-wingers — but I repeat myself
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Britain must not overregulate AI
Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks
Why Roz Adams won
An employment tribunal has defended tolerance and the place of sex realism in society
Turn down that bloody music
Historic occasions shouldn’t be ruined by narcissistic prats
What Trump gets right about NATO
There needs to be a shifting in the balance of responsibility from America to Europe
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state