History
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
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?
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
