Historical Fiction
When the Nazis occupied Britain
When necessary engagement becomes collaboration is an unspoken question
Booker candidates … and also-rans
The measure of a novel is not its ideas but how it animates those ideas
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Chamberlain’s fictional rehabilitation
Netflix’s sympathetic take on the great appeaser is ultimately unconvincing
London, Burning: ‘A page-turning delight’
For his eighth novel, Anthony Quinn continues his noble tradition of producing a thumping good read
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
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 case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
