Second World War
Between war and empire
Jeremy Black weighs in on two recent historiographical offerings
Will Biden be America’s Philippe Pétain?
So strong was the media’s desire to get rid of Trump, that they suspended all criticism of the cognitive decline of his successor
The day the dictators met
Thankfully, the two fascist leaders’ meeting at Hendaye remains nothing more than a footnote in history
Decline, fall and rise again
A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
