World War II
Against history snobs
Al Murray proves himself to be more than a popular historian
Setting Soviet history straight
Would Hitler and Stalin have fought so hard over a city named Tsaritsyn?
Bleeding the Russian bear white
Britain, the US and the War in Ukraine
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
Putin’s big parade
Campaign Diary: Expect extra chest-thumping on “Soviet Victory Day”
Eric Ravilious: a talent too long ignored
Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling
Behind bars, among stars
Escaped from Nazi Germany, a teenage boy found himself a prisoner in Britain
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia