WWII
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
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
The Battle of Britain was not won by the Few
We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might
Invisible hand
Did peace prevail in the World Wars thanks to providential deliverance, or just a number of very fortunate occurrences?
Dutch courage
Christopher Silvester on a war movie with no rousing patriotic music or violence, but nevertheless filled with unexpected delights and discoveries
Man and myth
This well-researched book deserves attention for those who wish to peer beyond the carefully cultivated image of Josip Broz Tito
In defence of being shrill
My fight with James Max
Business as usual in Peppa Pig World
Forget cake, it’s Boris’s porkie pies that will cause him problems
I’m a Classic FM convert
Ignore the snobs, trip the light (music) fantastic and bask in the shameless joy of Classic FM
Imaginary country
The land of Morbia was revealed to me in a dream
Murders for late December
Not all is grim and gloom in the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series
Racist to the bone
There’s a revolving door between woke academia and woker UK Plc
Nudging the news
Has the partnership between Sky and the Behavioural Insights Team breached Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code?
Brahms: Clarinet sonatas (BIS), French clarinet music (Delphian)
Three sonatas by Brahms? The clarinet adaptation, to no surprise, doesn’t work
It’s a sad, sad situation
The bold standard
What does it mean to be a woman?
Trans activists purporting to be women in the “wrong” body are incapable of understanding our day-to-day lives
Vegan diets won’t save us
Not all plant food is virtuous and not all meat and dairy is problematic