History
Grace under pressure?
How effective have high-risk media events been for French foreign policy?
History in the Age of Woke
Macron aims to rewrite history, with Britain not far behind
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust
And with what shifting emphasis do different countries remember the crime? Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss
Remembering The Merchant of Prato
A vivid picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance
Turning the tide on cancel culture
One man’s crusade against the woke decolonisation of our patriotic anthems
The day I was cancelled
A foolish figure of speech was enough to incur the hateful wrath of the politically correct mob
Is this the end for the National Trust?
Proposed money-generating changes could be the demise of a national treasure
Thatcher’s ‘Wiring Diagram’ and why we need it once again
We need a new Hoskyns-inspired intervention to deal with today’s cultural crisis
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Decentralisation and the impact of political contingencies
The historical power struggle between uniformity and decentralisation
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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
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
To infinity immigration and beyond
Soaring rates of citizenship applications show no signs of slowing down
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?