At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false

People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history

Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?

A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration

Is the US endangering its status in Europe?

The US has to confront its own global identity

Britain does not owe Greece the Parthenon sculptures

Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history

British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception

Critics of the democratic world are unwittingly spouting Kremlin propaganda