Lewis Namier
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
