History
A burqa ban would not be un-British
Whatever our perspective, we should stop misappropriating history
Where should the Elgin Marbles be displayed?
The British Museum has the ability to tell their story
Land acknowledgements are very modern in their silliness
Of course history was cruel — but not just our own
The lines that moved the world
How railway maps transformed travel, trade and time
Britain is not an immigrant nation
This dumb ahistorical meme should be rejected
America’s great foundation myths
Reflections on the 250th anniversary of the first shots of the American War of Independence
A Lester man
Beware of the fusion of history and progressive activism
Do countries have ethics?
A state depends on its reputation, not just its wealth or power
Signals across the centuries
Mistakes are not just being ignored or denied but obscured from history
The hidden depths of Saudi soft power
The Saudis are taking culture more seriously than one might think
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time