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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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas