WWII
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
How modern wars end
History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
He got out alive
From Belsen concentration camp to eminent British sculptor
Chamberlain’s fictional rehabilitation
Netflix’s sympathetic take on the great appeaser is ultimately unconvincing
Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?
Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Rumours of a crime
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was a flawed man, but he should be allowed to be condemned by his words
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
Studio: The 2022 Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
The remarkable poise of Allison Bailey
Bailey has shown the strength of her character in the courtroom
Islamism, not social media, killed David Amess
Why won’t MPs and ministers speak frankly about the motives for his murder?
The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
The King is our eternal everyman
Oak Apple Day celebrates the inevitable return of the primordial and the perennial
Covid amnesty for everyone but the politicians
MPs made their bed, but that doesn’t mean we have to lie in it
Celebrate our multi-ethnic democracy
Rakib’s Britain: the UK has given a golden opportunity to minority Brits, so why are we told patriotism isn’t for us?
Michaela’s unspeakable truths
“Progressive” teaching methods ruin lives to make middle class people feel good about themselves