Post-Colonial
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
Debunking myths of the Great Divergence
Tirthankar Roy dismisses both nationalist tropes about evil colonialists and imperial assumptions of benevolent liberal intervention
Post-colonial bad jokes
The whole history of the West is — to confound the simplicities of the woke — one gigantic act of “cultural appropriation”
Most Read
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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
