Richard Shepherd
Remembering Richard Shepherd
Barry Legg and Sir Bill Cash discuss the former Conservative MP
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)