From the Western Front to the Holocaust
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the use of rail travel in WW2, from the logistics of war to the architecture of genocide.
A golden age of trains, before a dark age for the world
Rail and the development of the USA
Professor Jeremy Black talks about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat
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
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
