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Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The failed promise of Emmanuel Macron
He claimed that France would become a manufacturing power again. What happened?
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
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Farage: I’m not worried
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?