USA
George III – a much misunderstood monarch?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the sixty year reign of a man brought up to be the embodiment of a patriot king
Sharing the great American dream
The Upswing by Robert Putnam, with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
Hail to the Chief (Part VI)
What will historians make of Donald Trump’s presidency? Graham Stewart discusses with Jeremy Black
China, America and the Kindleberger Trap
China is filling the void of retreating American influence
A double American Awakening
Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society
Are American universities under foreign control?
Paul du Quenoy reveals the unreported foreign investment in US universities
In defence of conspiracy theories
Daniel Miller says conspiracy theories should be treated and judged like any theory
Hail to the Chief (Part III)
Graham Stewart talks to Jeremy Black about how the power of the US president was exercised in the first half of the twentieth century, from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR
Are conservatives losing?
Conservative parties may be good at winning elections but have they lost the argument?
The invention of the Trump-Russia conspiracy
New revelations implicate Hillary Clinton, Russian spies, and a British muckraker
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
