JH Plumb
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
