How did conflict affect British politics?
Did the French Revolutionary Wars dominate British politics or did they spur innovation and reform? Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss a tempestuous time.
Did Britain’s 18th century colonies spur the Industrial Revolution?
The novel world of English literature in the 1700s
What unites the parliaments of the 18th and 21st centuries?
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Milestones (Signum Classics)
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
