Medieval
Sex and Sanctity
There are wonders great and small in the Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
Is Leicester’s decision to scrap medieval literature the end for serious literary study?
What is being proposed by the university represents the closing down of intellectual horizons and the deliberate vandalism of a highly respected English department
Return of the Dance of Death
Coronavirus may be sweeping the world but we’ve been here before
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
Shapps is shocked, shocked!
The Prime Minister’s defence calls in a specialist
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
At the hands of Argentina’s “kidnapper-in-chief”
This personal history of the Falklands War brings new details to light
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
Don’t blame Britain
Obsessing over the sins of empire only serves to hide the flaws of dysfunctional modern states
Close, but no cigar
Dilyn the Dog and Bozzo have been playing dress up
The fate of the Moskva
Campaign Diary: The sinking of the decaying Soviet-era warship symbolises Russia’s military malaise
The tide has turned on abortion
The overturning of Roe v Wade is an opportunity for the UK to reflect on its own abortion laws
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency