Major Gowen
“Will you stop talking about the war!”
Are we watching a Stalinist show trial, with hitherto dissident figures loudly recanting any support for past regimes?
Lies, damned lies, and biopics
Ridley Scott’s casual treatment of truth in Napoleon does a disservice to both history and storytelling
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism