European History
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
The new treason of the intellectuals
Julien Benda is as relevant today as he was in 1927
Revolutionaries in the palace
Austria-Hungary’s last empress is inducted into the cult of Diana and Meghan
Reconstructing a self-destructive life
One thing in Roth’s messy existence makes him worth our time: his writing
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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
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them