History
Calm down, dear
The grim history of portraying women as mentally unstable
Allies at war
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British contribution to the Allied victory
British forces on the offensive 1943-45
Professor Jeremy Black speaks with Graham Stewart about the naval firepower, the RAF’s bombing offensive and the campaigns in Greece, Italy and Normandy
Rhodes still stands
Blaming the British Empire for Brexit is not only ignorant — it’s total rubbish
The British military in the Second World War – slow or quick learners?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how Britain’s armed forces adapted to the challenges of fighting the Second World War
Vienna’s hapless missing link
Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed
Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the state and preparedness of Britain’s armed forces in the lead-up to the Second World War
Has the National Trust forgotten its purpose?
Constance Watson speaks to Anna Price about the National Trust’s misplaced priorities
Rambling through Chesham and Amersham
Each constituency has a unique and fascinating history
Taking on New Labour
20 years since Dr Richard Taylor won in the Wyre Forest
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
March 2024: Letters to the Editor
Record-setting sons and founding fathers
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
