National identity
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
The matter of Britain
Britain must rediscover its stories and dreams
The immoral case for restitution
Britain does not owe Greece the Parthenon sculptures
What do the English think of Englishness?
Graham Cunningham asks why Englishness has failed to garner its own version of the self-flattering national mythology of so many other nations
An American in search of the English national character
Daniel Pipes’s quest to understand the English national character leaves him none the wiser
How a twenty-year-old report started the culture wars
The Parekh report argued that ‘Britishness’ as previously understood was now defunct
How united is Italy?
Professor Jeremy Black and Political Editor Graham Stewart discuss the strength of Italy’s national unity
The future of the Conservative Party
John Bowers reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
