Salamis
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie