South Africa
The Boer War
Professor Jeremy Black talks about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat
Inside Ethiopia’s civil wars
Abiy Ahmed has joined the long list of Africa’s “democrats” who became dictators
All double dutch
Andrew Cusack says the influence of the Netherlands’ seaborne empire can still be felt around the world, from Manhattan and South Africa to modern Sri Lanka
Drink In to Help Out: Wines from the Western Cape
Henry Jeffreys recommends five wines to support South Africa’s wine industry as it recovers from the aftermath of the pandemic
Year’s mind: James Small and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
ASH Smyth reflects on South Africa’s historic 1995 Rugby World Cup win
Greatest team we never saw
The controversial South African cricket tour of 1970
A light in the darkness
A pioneering school ofers a new vision for South Africa’s failing education system
The closing of the Episcopal mind
The Church of England’s leaders don’t reflect its political diversity
Donald Trump’s teachable moments
What lessons should today’s conservatives take from Trump?
Sectarian cinema?
It may not be easy, but multicultural societies must embrace liberal values if they are to survive
Arise, Sir Wayne
The trickle of sporting knighthoods has now become a flood — who will be next?
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time (OUR)
Messiaen’s quartet, first performed in a freezing barracks in 1941, is a thing of great beauty
Channel 4 is not worth conserving
You can’t build a nation on Dr Who, Gin and publicly-owned TV networks
I spy a new clampdown
Will new laws to combat foreign espionage inhibit public interest journalism?
Revitalising the West
Ukraine has rallied the West and yet again shown our civilisation’s limitless capacity for self-renewal
The rise and fall of Eurotopianism
How Mario Draghi’s vision failed
Children aren’t pets
When did it become okay to degrade children?
Sacred memory
Brits have lost the habits of respect and reverence