Empire
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Unstable foundations
The unsound architecture of the Edwardian Baroque
Kill or be killed: the charming cut-throats of the wild frontier
Visiting the site of a long-forgotten siege in the Hindu Kush
England’s fair and pleasant land
It’s not cricket; it’s the murky world of identity
The British empire, for good and ill
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning offers the first serious counterblast against the hysterical orthodoxy
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
