European History
Will TikTok take to Tocqueville?
Popular history can be more than everything ribald and rip-roaring and frenetic and fun
A tale of two tribes
The diverging fates of Central Europe’s Roma and Jewish musicians
Toryism à la mode
Could the legacy of French Gaullism breathe life into a listless British conservatism?
Heirs to Byzantium
Unlike Putin, the British have never really understood the central importance of Constantinople to European history
The miracle of the Constitution
On 3 May 1791, Poland became the cradle of constitutionalism in continental Europe
When nationalism was woke
After the events of 1848, Europe was never the same again
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
A window into the medieval mind
Heaven on Earth captures the extraordinary efflorescence of Gothic architecture in Europe
The soul of Swedes
On the contested state of Swedish cultural identity
Return of the mercenaries
Putin’s hired killers have money on their minds
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
