English History
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Rickards remembered
A fine tribute to an industrious architectural eccentric
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
God of God, Light of Light
Christmas should point us towards the eternal truths of the Nicene Creed
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
