History
What are historians for?
Contemporary commentary or timeless reflection?
Gordon Brown — a study in failure
The ex-PM’s dangerous quest to salvage a legacy
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
Bad medicine
Has America’s “racial reckoning” come for the Wellcome Collection?
Skeleton in the cupboard
Disappearing corpses, theme-park Venice and a post-Brexit smuggling operation
The forgotten heroes of the Fourth Plinth
A thoughtful artwork that highlights the complex history of anti-colonalism in Africa
Country church monuments
The hidden treasures of English churches
Studio: The history of Britain in maps
Maps are aids and images, means and messages
The long shadow of the Great Helmsman
Frank Dikötter’s China is perpetually over-leveraged, over-producing and overdue a bust
Crisis? What crisis?
Maybe Old England isn’t done?
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
