27 Aug 2021 - 1:00am

Books have always been a weapon The index can be a surprisingly powerful tool

Sam Leith

25.08

Why were we shocked by Afghanistan? The West has always been deluded about imperialism

Philip Hensher

24.08

Young Russians love Stalin Everyone gets rehabilitated eventually

Daniel Kalder

20.08

Why Britain loves camping Like medieval pilgrimages, the point is to suffer

Ed West

23.07

The Olympics deserve better heroes Today's athletes have nothing on the ancients

Tom Holland

23.07

The emptiness of open letters With enough signatories, any demand will be fulfilled

Daniel Skipper Rasmussen

22.07

What toffs and plebs share Class becomes meaningless when you are at its extremes

Ed West

05.07

How the Democrats fell for Mussolini America's elite has adopted the fascist dream of a corporate oligarchy

Joel Kotkin

24.06

British imperialism didn’t destroy India Colonial rule brought relative peace to the subcontinent

Razib Khan

28.05

How the culture wars came for history Woke historians want to expose lies about the past — even when they don't exist

Dominic Sandbrook

12.05

Why the Tories need to rewrite history The Government is creating historical myths for nakedly political ends

Aris Roussinos

11.05

Where it all went wrong for Labour This mess has nothing on the screaming mobs and punch-ups of the Battle of Benn-Healey

Dominic Sandbrook