World War 2
Men of war
Remembering the often unappreciated courage of the British special forces
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?
Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street