Royal Navy
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Always prepare for the unexpected
The instructive parallels between the Falklands and Ukraine wars
The Battle of Britain was not won by the Few
We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might
What is the British Army for and where is it heading?
Will higher defence spending go on tech or boots on the ground?
The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery
It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade
Britain’s new East of Suez defence policy
Should the Royal Navy re-establish its presence in the Asia-Pacific region?
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
