History
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
Caravaggio’s great extremes
Caravaggio’s art is a vivid rebuke to an artificial idealised reality
Slaves’ descendants don’t deserve reparations
A new book fails to make a rational or moral case for reparations
It’s not 1933
Nazi comparisons are misrepresenting the past and the present alike
Lessons from King Athelstan
We should do more to remember a titan of English history
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
How should Christian organisations respond to illegal migration?
It is wrong to think that Christianity demands that we open our borders
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?