English History
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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule