Romans
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Advance, legionaries
The Romans and the development of British roads
The fatal hubris of a ruthless fixer
Peter Stothard’s penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil
How united is Italy?
Professor Jeremy Black and Political Editor Graham Stewart discuss the strength of Italy’s national unity
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation