The long defeat of the French language
After Brexit, it was all going to be so different for Europe. Following years of growing dominance by the English-speaking…
The Windrush myth
Seventy-five years ago today perhaps the most famous ship in British history arrived at this island. A new nation was…
Where is the moral outrage about Britain’s grooming gangs?
Tabloid journalism begins with W.T. Stead, who as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette in the 1880s brought news and scandal to…
What the experts got wrong about migration
On New Year’s Day, 2014, during those sunny, innocent times of Cameron, Clegg and Miliband, Labour MP Keith Vaz headed down to…
Why the Tories are more diverse than Labour
‘The candidates fighting to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader and Britain’s prime minister reflect the country’s rich diversity,’…
What is the point of Boris Johnson?
However badly Boris Johnson’s career ends, it will surely be a better finale than that of his great-grandfather, the Turkish…
Why the Vikings are winning the culture war
The young woman’s screams were drowned out by the sound of drums. No older than her teens, she had been…
The mind virus killing academia
We lost a giant last month with E.O. Wilson’s passing. A man who stood on Darwin’s shoulders, Wilson had that…
What really matters in the Covid culture wars?
During the grimmest days of the First Crusade in 1098, the western Christians found themselves besieged by the Turks in…
To say this is a ‘once in a generation’ exhibition seems absurdly modest
‘The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us to the barbarians; between these two means of death…
Why marriage is increasingly for the royals – and the rich
Whatever their views about the monarchy, most people will warm to the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement.…
Our island story
A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Having recently learnt of his father’s beheading, the adolescent —…
