History
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
The beginning of the end of the end of history
How the nineties helped to build the modern world
Was Shakespeare really a black woman?
Too many intellectuals still cannot let Shakespeare be Shakespeare
Erich von Däniken and the modern paranoid style
His archeological esoterica fuelled the development of modern conspiracy theory
A non-fictional feast!
The best of military history from 2025
Why men still mourn SS Edmund Fitzgerald
It is an unproblematic tale of heroism and tragedy
David Olusoga is misrepresenting British history
His new series brushes over facts which might confuse its black-and-white narrative
Fundamentally ahistorical
History is not just a data set for the present
Winston Churchill was not Tony Blair
The great wartime prime minister was a complex thinker as well as a complex man
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting