The Victorians
We are not so far from the Victorians
There is no cause for despair
There’s truth in the toilet
Britain’s sewage problem requires a Victorian solution
Bring back Victorian YIMBY-ism
We cling to the buildings our 19th century forebears left behind, but they would decry our squeamishness
The myth of the Victorian Christmas
Our values today are of consumerism and instant gratification, inherited from our Victorian forebears
Dazzled by manias and lured by wild gambling
The drives behind the Victorian periodical press and penny literature
Land and sea: the global reach of Britain’s armed forces in the nineteenth century
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the reach and organisation of Britain’s armed forces in protecting and expanding the British empire
Entering the world of Weird fiction
The short stories of the long nineteenth century through the lens of Covid-19
Emerging from the shadow of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Placing the poems of Pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Siddal in context
Our “Nation’s Village Hall” turns 150
Anna Price tracks the emergence and endurance of Albertopolis, and how the Royal Albert Hall ties it all together
How liberal and egalitarian was nineteenth century France?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the conflicts and continuities of France from Louis Philippe to the Belle Epoque
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
