History
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
The fear of the fever: how we are now living the authentic Victorian experience
Covid-19 is bringing us closer to the Victorians more than any recreation of an 1830s London townhouse ever could
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 50 Years On
Half a century on, the song remains an an eternally affecting evocation of the need for solidarity and comfort
Does the Mediterranean have a common culture?
And did its modern tourist industry develop naturally? Graham Stewart discusses with Professor Jeremy Black
Take Your Picton
Rick Picton Thomas would have known what to say to those bent on removing his ancestor’s statue
Nobel Noblemen
Beckett, Camus and Monod arrived by different roads at the same destination thanks to their common experience of fighting injustice
Still fit to print?
The rise and fall of the British newspaper
Vive Le Roi!: St. Louis refuses to cancel St. Louis.
How St Louis’s statue of King Louis IX will not be toppled
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose