Downton Abbey
Sock it to ‘em
Omicron-cancelled events and surprised marionettes
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
