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
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
A majority built on sand
Keir Starmer should not feel too triumphant — hard times lie ahead
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Is Britain’s future still being determined in Europe?
The European Court of Human Rights continues to shape policy here in the UK
