Military History
No blueprint for Putin’s War
The lesson of the Soviet-Finnish War warns us against misunderstanding a war in progress
Always prepare for the unexpected
The instructive parallels between the Falklands and Ukraine wars
Putin’s terror war
Campaign Diary: why is Russia threatening chemical and nuclear strikes?
The war so far
Campaign Diary: the course of the conflict to date
The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses rising powers and two turn of the century great power conflicts
The Crimean War
Professor Jeremy Black on how Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together in the Crimea
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe?
Professor Jeremy Black explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe
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
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
