History
Why didn’t Greece slide towards the far right?
Greece survived the world’s worst post-2008 economic crisis and the heaviest refugee burden without yielding to far-right populism. Why?
American Xanadu: an appreciative history of Mar-a-Lago
Les Standiford’s book situates Mar-a-Lago’s surreal qualities in the larger history of Palm Beach
The day the dictators met
Thankfully, the two fascist leaders’ meeting at Hendaye remains nothing more than a footnote in history
A timely warning from history
Are Churchill’s and Orwell’s warnings about to come to pass?
Conflict in the Caucasus
How much worse will the historic conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh get?
The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery
It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade
What did YOU do in the Great Culture War, Daddy?
The British public will not stay forever silent as their values and beliefs are attacked
Hail to the Chief
The expansion of executive power in America
Can we ever be on the right side of history?
History is the composite of our collective actions, looming over us ready to make a verdict
Why are our leaders so useless?
We look in vain for direction or hope from the leaders of tomorrow
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
