EH Carr
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Turkey must be at the centre of Donald Trump’s policy for the Middle East
It would be pure folly to alienate such an important regional power
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
