Frederick the Great
The roots of German militarism
Generations of general staff put their faith in the knockout blow
Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the role of Prussia in the eighteenth century
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK