History
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
Dining out, dying out
Alexander Larman on William Sitwell’s luxurious history of eating out
The Portuguese at home and overseas
How has Portugal managed its imperial identity?
Reclaiming Becket
London’s great saint needs a reboot
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
The grandeur and instability of Spain
The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
SHEAR Madness
Taking an Old Hickory switch to the dying academic historical profession
How united is Italy?
Professor Jeremy Black and Political Editor Graham Stewart discuss the strength of Italy’s national unity
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh
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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
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces