History
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
You Know, Thingamabob
A lockdown memoir: Surprising conversations with my father
Decline, fall and rise again
A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War
Frustrate their knavish tricks?
Is foreign interference in British politics any different now than in the past?
Wandering women
The women who always walked alone
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
Could Harry and Meghan have learnt from Edward and Wallis?
Graham Stewart and Alexander Larman discuss how the House of Windsor adapts and endures
Anyone for abdication?
A vivid retelling of an infamous constitutional crisis
What made eighteenth century Britain such an innovative society?
And how did Britain become a trendsetting nation?
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
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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
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions