Military
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Necessary force
It was right for the US and the UK to attack Houthi military positions
Return of the biopic
History is fashionable again at the cinema
Why are US troops in Syria?
It is time for them to go home
Serious choices
We must make them soon
The case for a British military-industrial complex
Deindustrialisation will cost the UK dearly in 21st century warfare
Rockets for Christmas
On model planes and lethal missiles
Mobilisation
Christ, humanity and war
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
