Empire
What future for Benin’s bronzes?
Proponents of repatriation of the remarkable sculptures have shown scant regard to Nigeria’s endemic corruption and the fate of bronzes already sent back to Africa
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
Empire of the Imagination
Historical metafiction
The “Scramble for Africa”
Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned?
Sherlock Holmes plays the white man
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s many passions included a view of Empire that would today be regarded as racist
A literary pilgrimage to a watery grave
Following in the footsteps of the author J.G. Farrell
Airline Maps: A century of art and design
An enjoyable visual book that acts as a history of aviation
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
