History
The Trump days are over
History shows that Third Party tilts at the presidency don’t work
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
Long nights and northern lights: a journey to Arctic Russia
The polar cities of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk somehow attract a hardcore of visitors for whom winter isn’t a dirty word
When England has lost its pubs it will no longer be England
The rural pub is becoming increasingly under threat, and with it, a key part of our national identity
Three first-rate books on maps
What about the past should and could be mapped, and how to do so, are vexed issues in cartographic studies
How liberal and egalitarian was nineteenth century France?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the conflicts and continuities of France from Louis Philippe to the Belle Epoque
Louis XIV: a monarch of purpose
Despite its length, Philip Mansel’s biography of the Sun King is ‘a welcome prize for any reviewer’
Decaying delights
Tom Chessyre on the glory of obscure railway museums
The broken circle
A remarkable group of intellectuals in pre-war Vienna used philosophy to explain the scientific progess of their time — until they were halted by murder and Nazism
Comfort zone
Hannah Betts chooses chic alternatives to dull sweatpants
Why does Ofcom pander to the lunatic fringes of transgender activism?
Rather than reflecting the opinions of the people, under Ofcom’s new code televised media risks becoming a tool to enforce conformity
The politics of biology and its share price
Can talent quota restrictions based on biology really deliver increased profits, productivity and gain?
Daniil Trifonov: Silver Age (DG)
This recording is an absolute must-hear, one of the summits of this difficult year
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
Why we need a common faith
Is there any clear route out of the philosophical modernity and nihilism that plague our reality?
Does history have meaning?
Graham Stewart talks to Professor Jeremy Black about whether the past can be a servant to the present
Optimism ain’t what it used to be
Hopeless is as hopeless does
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary 3.0
In the third instalment of his diary, Dominic watches a man doing ballet on top of the British Ambassador’s Residence, and deals with his rude neighbour
The morning after
What we know and can say about the 2020 US Election
Lie to me
The most dangerous offenders could beat a lie detector because they are often convinced what they’ve done is not abuse