European History
France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about what made French politics and society distinctive in the decades before and after WWI
Vienna is becoming much like every other European capital
“Vienna is different” is the city’s proud motto, but sadly, Vienna is much like every other European city
How I discovered Germany
Daniel Johnson on how he found a lost love for the Germans
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
