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
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Moroccan gold
Enjoy some of the finest food ever eaten at the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?