Louis XIV
Louis XIV: a monarch of purpose
Despite its length, Philip Mansel’s biography of the Sun King is ‘a welcome prize for any reviewer’
In a woke world, be a Contrarian
The Contrarian Prize celebrates British public figures that have the chutzpah to challenge the status quo
Friends old and new
Thomas Woodham-Smith doesn’t collect, he simply accumulates stock
How Covid paved the Road to Serfdom
Hayek suggested a society which sacrificed liberty for security would gradually submit itself to authoritarian control
Britain’s love affair with port
Henry Jeffrey’s recommends a selection of port for Christmas 2020
The Boat Race is being steered off course
Moving the Boat Race from London to Ely is a desperate measure
It’ll all be ended by Christmas
Don’t say ‘Protect the NHS’ three times in front of a mirror
Are Brexiteer MPs happy?
Somebody is being played for a fool and the ERG are starting to think it isn’t Brussels
From Gaucho to Rive Gauche and Back Again
Dominic Hilton discovers the extraordinary life and times of “Gaucho Laird”, R.B. Cunninghame Graham
Our human right to be kept in the dark
Andrew Tettenborn says we should be able to hear, read and say what we want without the threat of undemocratic human rights law
The paradox of Nazi culture
The Nazis were so obsessed with the otherness of the Jews that they created an alternative cultural universe for them