Xerxes
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option