June 11, 2021

Why liberals are scared of football Our tribal support threatens their rational worldview

Giles Fraser

06.05

England’s ancient beef with Ireland This isn't the first time Ireland has rivalled Britain for Europe's custom

Paul Lay

04.05

What England owes the Irish Relations between the two nations were not always a nightmare

Tom Holland

21.04

Football and the decline of Englishness Heart, home, liberty, belonging — our national sport is like any other faith

Dominic Sandbrook

19.04

You can’t silence D.H. Lawrence Spurned by feminists and silenced for decades, his work is more relevant than ever

Frances Wilson

23.03

Why we French love to hate the English It is truly unthinkable that les Anglais will win the war of the vaccine

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

01.03

Why political language matters When politicians talk in abstractions, politics itself begins to lose coherence

Zachary Hardman

22.02

Robert Maxwell was no mystery His is a story of self-hatred and Holocaust trauma

Tanya Gold

16.09

The English have always been drunkards There's nothing new in history — including our nation's partiality to a stiff drink

Ed West

23.06

Tolkien’s mythic plan for England The author wanted to write a great saga that would fill a gap in the nation's pre-history

Niall Gooch

29.04

‘Jerusalem’ is the play we need right now Jez Butterworth's masterpiece is a rare thing: a revival that's in tune with our troubled times

Barney Norris

29.10

Anne Boleyn: whore, witch or Cinderella? Most of the received wisdom about Henry VIII's tragic queen is based on misogynistic propaganda

Suzannah Lipscomb