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
Don’t kiss me, Kate: purging the American academy
Was Kate Pickering Antonova Twitter storm an unintended announcement of academia’s irrelevance?
Was Parliament more rebellious in the eighteenth century?
The latest podcast in the Black’s History Week series: How does the role of the modern MP compare with that of an eighteenth century honourable member?
“I’ll tell you and you’ll listen”: the Neil Kinnock speech that lives on
The moment of pure political theatre that endures its legacy thirty-five years on
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
