European History
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Why Václav Havel matters
He is a model of artistic and ethical courage
Spain cannot escape its own divisions
A dysfunctional political environment has been allowing old wounds to open
Fundamentally ahistorical
History is not just a data set for the present
The Elgin Marbles should stay in Britain
Our elites are abdicating responsibility for cultural stewardship
A ravishing Sicilian treat
Swathed in silk and linen, the prince’s family lives in luxury — but how long can this arcadia last?
Michelangelo and all that
A well-informed and surprisingly readable book
The city that forgot itself
The tortured twentieth-century history of the once cosmopolitan Thessaloniki
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Windy Whitty
Chris Whitty is wrong about so-called “fat jabs”
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
The student loan debate misses the real question
Degrees should be less essential but more valuable
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then