Is Boris a Churchill or a Lloyd George?
Boris seems to subconsciously avoid the subject of Lloyd George, though he shares more in common with him
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Keeping The Lights On: the Politics of Cheap Energy
British policy is not rooted in economic reality but dictated by the Green Blob. It is time to break a consensus that is costing us dear
Let the Soldiers do the Fighting, says the General
Britain’s former chief of staff says politicians have undermined military strategy by meddling, leading Putin and Islamic State to despise the West
How McJihad Ensnares Young British Muslims
The trial of two brothers for terrorism offences served as a window on the way digitally globalised terrorism exploits the vulnerable
Don’t let the Keynesians Wreck the Recovery
Martin Wolf and his academic mentors warned that austerity would be economic suicide. They were and are mistaken
Leviathans that lurk in London’s labyrinths
Under the capital, huge mechanical drills are digging rail tunnels that recapture the spirit of the most ambitious Victorian engineers
Doctrine, dialogue and truth
Jews and Christians have respect for their differences because they talk to each other. Can Muslims be persuaded to do the same?
Father and son: the Herbert Read I knew
A filial memoir of Britain’s apostle of modernism in art
The Stuff of Legend
Robert Tombs's monumental history of the English is strengthened by how he tracks the wider developments on the Continent
Eichmann’s phoney banality
Stangneth’s clear-eyed work spells out the genesis and “logic” of Holocaust denial in all its macabre absurdity
From Underdog to Scapegoat
Joshua Muravchik's two recent books are about defending democracy in the one place in the Middle East where it thrives
Donnish Spy Games
A valuable - though not objective - historical record