WWII
Britain, remembered
Remembrance risks becomes a state ritual for an untrusted and despised establishment
Why does this record exist?
Wilhelm Furtwängler: 2nd symphony (Chandos)
Stalin’s umbilical cord
Did the Arctic convoys actually do any good?
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
From commemoration to cosplay
We are losing sight of what we claim to be remembering
The man who saved Italy’s art
The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
An underground war
This history of resistance in the Second World War is as moving as it is comprehensive
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism