Mongols
A stirring tale of delicious complexity
From the Mongols’ conquest of Persia to their defeat by the Mamluks
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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
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd