History
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
Exclusion and intolerance can be British values
The ancients knew that having a high-trust democracy could not be taken for granted
Our age of anxiety
Modern progressives are revolting against nature
Why Britain is being framed as the new enemy
Podcasters, amateur historians and America’s populist right have joined the assault
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
How to reverse Britain’s nuclear decline
Regulatory reform alone is not enough — we need better governance
International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Out of the equation
Full equation sheets are bad for learning but good for helping students to pretend to understand
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working