Lewis Namier
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe