Warfare
Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
The uses and abuses of nostalgia
The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
The myth of liberal neutrality
The culture war in our universities is sweeping away cherished illusions
Incompetents abroad
Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about
The closing of the Episcopal mind
The Church of England’s leaders don’t reflect its political diversity
Women can’t consent to their own murder and abuse
Today’s new law against non-fatal strangulation sends a message that violence against women is a crime, not a kink
Britain, 2049
You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it
A real world of consciousness
Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control
What really happened in Nottingham
In 2022, women are no longer allowed to gather in public libraries
When Great Lives grates
Tales of lives lived well, or disgracefully, are always interesting, but what makes a good obit?