Military History
Surprise in war
Ukraine shows that speed can be everything — but swiftness is born of careful planning
Who cares who wins
The mythology of the SAS
A magisterial study of war and strategy
Jeremy Black deals a fatal blow to Napoleon’s reputation as a military genius
Egypt’s secret Nazi brains trust
After a humiliating defeat in the war over Israel, the Egyptians wanted revenge
Setting Soviet history straight
Would Hitler and Stalin have fought so hard over a city named Tsaritsyn?
The roots of German militarism
Generations of general staff put their faith in the knockout blow
A bridge to nowhere
The meaning of the Kerch attack
Lessons from the brink
We should not be complacent about nuclear war
I miss the stiff upper lip
Some social constructions deserve to be kept
Hitler’s war — within Germany
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about life on Germany’s home front during the Second World War
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation