History
They, Claudius
It is folly to project modish contemporary norms backwards
Cufflinks for Christmas
It is much better to be overdressed than underdressed
Executing the wills
The destruction of Britain’s probate records archive must be averted
J G A Pocock: the Antipodean’s view of Europe
John Pocock defended Britain in its broadest sense
Return of the biopic
History is fashionable again at the cinema
The humanity of Horace
The wisdom of someone who has lived a little is at the heart of the verse of the ancient poet who was adopted as the mascot of the Enlightenment
Brought to book
Vexed by Insta videos and impressed by Venice
Before the wall’s fall
Geopolitical maneuverings between the East and the West
Just a little note to say “I hate you”
Poisoned pens pierce the veil of sociable living
Red alert?
Apocalyptic intimations in the mid-1900s
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
