New Leader
Steady Eddy charts a voyage into the unknown
Ed Davey is the new leader of the Lib Dems – but to what purpose?
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
The curious incuriosity of multiculturalists
We cannot blind ourselves to differences between people
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
