Tier 3
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
The Thing: 40 years on
Left to freeze by Thatcher’s censors, The Thing has finally been recognised as John Carpenter’s best film
Is grammar elitist?
The soft bigotry of low expectations
Modernising the Royal Family
David Starkey talks to Graham Stewart about the crown’s delicate balance between reform, revolution, and sustaining a useful role
Making of a modern monarchy
The reformed Royal family sailed unscathed through the mid-century crises of the abdication, the Depression and the Second World War
Outcast of the angry generation
Mahler’s political journey from Baader-Meinhof terrorist to Holocaust denier illustrates Germany’s post-Hitler psychodrama
How imaginative should historians be?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about archival research and the importance of source material
Pointless bloodshed
Israel will remain intact and strong. Gaza will stay poor and isolated
A surprising celebration
Good Friday is both a demonstration of, and the only answer to, what has gone wrong with the world
London, Burning: ‘A page-turning delight’
For his eighth novel, Anthony Quinn continues his noble tradition of producing a thumping good read
Julien Spirtle
Comeback Kid