History
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
A labour of love
We are all historians of our own here and now
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill