Hugh Trevor-Roper
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
China travels and travails
Rana Mitter reviews The China Journals and The Colour of the Sky After Rain
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
The big Tory lie
They promised high-skill immigration. We got something else entirely
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant