History
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
The grandeur and instability of Spain
The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
SHEAR Madness
Taking an Old Hickory switch to the dying academic historical profession
How united is Italy?
Professor Jeremy Black and Political Editor Graham Stewart discuss the strength of Italy’s national unity
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh
The fear of the fever: how we are now living the authentic Victorian experience
Covid-19 is bringing us closer to the Victorians more than any recreation of an 1830s London townhouse ever could
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 50 Years On
Half a century on, the song remains an an eternally affecting evocation of the need for solidarity and comfort
Does the Mediterranean have a common culture?
And did its modern tourist industry develop naturally? Graham Stewart discusses with Professor Jeremy Black
Take Your Picton
Rick Picton Thomas would have known what to say to those bent on removing his ancestor’s statue
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
