History
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
Yardbird: 100 Years of Charlie Parker
Dominic Green looks at the immortality of jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker
Back to school…or is remote learning enough for now?
And is there a point to counter-factual history?
Part Six: Home Education? Help!
Looking to the past – and the future
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
