Arriving at our destination
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart finally reach the station as their series on the history of railways ends — discussing the slower rate of innovation and the complexities of investment.
Challenge the consensus. Access rigorous analysis.
Bold projections and frustrating results
The realities of rail, from the US to China
A golden age of trains, before a dark age for the world
On ebbing power of the political influencer
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
