Military
How progressive authoritarianism is putting national security in jeopardy
The Government’s approach to the defence sector needs to protect our interests
Signals across the centuries
Mistakes are not just being ignored or denied but obscured from history
Don’t trust Labour on defence
Starmer’s surge in defence spending is all bark, no bite
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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
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Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid