History
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
The pride of the Republic of Poland
The President of Poland celebrates 230 years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s Constitution of 3 May 1791
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
