Monarchy
The greatest cancellation
Warriors against cancel culture have been loudest in calling for a republic
Could monarchy have saved Afghanistan?
America’s republican prejudices stopped them from restoring a unifying king
Have queens enjoyed the same authority as kings?
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role of the queen in British and European history
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
Making of a modern monarchy
The reformed Royal family sailed unscathed through the mid-century crises of the abdication, the Depression and the Second World War
Renaissance prince
Wide-ranging interest and inquiry no longer seems compatible with those who bear the pressures of public life
Modernising the Royal Family
David Starkey talks to Graham Stewart about the crown’s delicate balance between reform, revolution, and sustaining a useful role
Is it really time for the monarchy to go?
How the case for monarchy rests not only in its advantages, but also in its alternatives
The Man who saved the firm
The Duke of Edinburgh’s genius was to ensure that the more the Royal family changed, the more it appeared to remain the same
Why Brits should care about what’s happening at the New York Times
The increasingly partisan ways of the New York Times is setting an agenda that UK media outlets like the BBC appear unable to resist
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
