Medieval History
Refuting the flat Earth fallacy
This rollicking adventure indicts lazy and self-satisfied readings of the past
The deep humanity of books
Manuscripts have weathered the vicissitudes of time only thanks to human passion
The medieval shock of the new
Changes in the early modern period forced people to look at themselves anew
Normandy’s English connection
The region combines ancient and modern splendours with an eye turned ever northwards
A game of thrones
Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story
The Roman roots of the English church
Perhaps two new church histories have a salutary message for today’s C of E
Masterly study of sacred masterpieces
Embodied divinity
Medieval Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the impacts on medieval warfare
Siege Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the defence and capture of walled cities and castles
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
