History
Sagas to savour
Was Iceland responsible for the French Revolution, the moon landing and the discovery of America?
Oxford’s civil war
The never-ending fallout over Cecil Rhodes has bleak consequences for the future of academia
Trophy cabinets
Thomas Woodham-Smith meets the go-to man for classic English furniture
A contemptible little army?
How successfully did Britain’s armed forces adapt to the reality of the First World War?
Burning heritage
Are the Houses of Parliament set for the flames? Brice Stratford discusses with David Scullion
Have queens enjoyed the same authority as kings?
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role of the queen in British and European history
Scapegoat of a paranoid era
Anne Sebba’s book on Ethel Rosenberg is a towering memorial
The making of a maelstrom
How the Anglophile Kaiser Wilhelm went to war with Britain
Crown, cross and altar
The centrality of religion to the status and mission of monarchy in Britain and Europe
Crowned heads and brass hats
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about military monarchs
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Single-minded
Enjoy some new malt whiskies coming to market
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
