WWII
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
Truly global view of World War II
Richard Overy has done a signal service with this compellingly written, impressively researched book
Allies at war
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British contribution to the Allied victory
British forces on the offensive 1943-45
Professor Jeremy Black speaks with Graham Stewart about the naval firepower, the RAF’s bombing offensive and the campaigns in Greece, Italy and Normandy
The British military in the Second World War – slow or quick learners?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how Britain’s armed forces adapted to the challenges of fighting the Second World War
Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the state and preparedness of Britain’s armed forces in the lead-up to the Second World War
Sagas to savour
Was Iceland responsible for the French Revolution, the moon landing and the discovery of America?
Studio: Liam O’Connor’s British Normandy Memorial
A dignified classical design respects its setting and the memory of wartime sacrifice
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state