Peterloo
Was the Peterloo Massacre good for public health?
How pre-vaccination societies held greater freedoms than we do today
Getting the picture in 2021
From cryptocurrency to pandemic plagued exhibitions, it’s been an eventful year in art
Rabble-rouser in chief
Our increasingly polarised and angry age wants not entertainment, but preachers
Boris’s Tricky Dicky problem
When Carrie does it, that means it’s legal
Nifty shades of grey
The National Gallery has surpassed itself, with a little help from its friends
Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
The hounding of a female academic
What this tells us about policing
Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe?
Professor Jeremy Black explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe
Wake up and smell the free country
Chris Bryant’s absurd rhetoric deepens cultural divisions in one of the most tolerant countries on earth
Artistry in the kitchen
Calmly brilliant cooking rescues a vogueish restaurant full of underwhelming art
The art of fast food
Empty shelves need not mean dreary eating
The strange death of conservatism
There will be no USSR riding to the rescue