The French Revolution
Jacques-Louis David at the Louvre
Jacques-Louis David at the Louvre
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Deeply erudite yet highly readable, laying many myths to rest
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?