Irish History
Potatoes, pigs and peat
A not-so-definitive account of Ireland’s Great Famine
The making of Anglican Ulster
A new book makes a worthy start in exploring a strangely neglected subject
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
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
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale