Michael Howard

‘Evil visited that day and we don’t know why’ – Dunblane 30 years on

7 March 2026 9:00 am

Stephen McGinty describes the stunned bewilderment of parents and teachers at the atrocity – and the powerful resistance to the campaign to ban handguns in the aftermath

Paratroopers are dropped to reinforce trapped French troops at Dien Bien Phu, 1954

Hubris made the 20th century the bloodiest in history

5 December 2015 9:00 am

Sir Alistair Horne, like that other great knight of military history, Sir Michael Howard, served in the Coldstream Guards during…

In search of the Eurosceptic Nick Clegg

12 July 2014 9:00 am

In recent weeks British government visitors to Berlin have been confronted with a persistent question: when will David Cameron make…

Save the children

14 June 2014 8:00 am

When will we stop the Islamists trying to control the minds of a generation of pupils?