History
Spuds with everything
Potatoes were hyped as the key to a well-nourished populace by the European intelligentsia in the 1700s
Passing the Tebbit test
Dominic Lawson reviews 10,000 Not Out: The History of The Spectator, 1828-2020 by David Butterfield
The man who invented Gaslighting
Patrick Hamilton, the writer who inadvertently coined the term, had his own victims
Are we witnessing a new age of emancipation?
Or does ‘direct action’ undermine democratic institutions? Graham Stewart debates with Jeremy Black
Vive Le Roi!
French Royalist groups wait for a king, but is their cause surely lost?
When did the Cold War actually start?
Professor Jeremy Black picks-over the evidence with Graham Stewart
If I had a hammer
Do we just need better iconoclasts?
The Scullabogue martyrs
A S H Smyth remembers his Quaker ancestors killed June 5, during the Irish rebellion of 1798
The fascinating objects of fascism
Roger Moorhouse shows it’s possible to treat modern history properly and in context
Was the Peterloo Massacre good for public health?
How pre-vaccination societies held greater freedoms than we do today
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
