Spanish History
Choosing hate
Does exhuming the remains of a nationalist icon represent progress or division?
The Whig view of Spanish history
For left-wing author Giles Tremlett, concord is the telos of Spain’s history — on the left’s terms, that is
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
