A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon
October 10, 2019
Dominion By Tom Holland Little, Brown, 624pp, £25/$32 The Romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything awesome,...
Ed West
Why Civilisation has lasted 50 years
February 21, 2019
“What is civilisation?” an erudite English gentleman asks the camera. “I don’t know … but I think I can recognise it when I see...
The hammer that laid Europe’s foundations
December 20, 2018
As Europe passed the poignant milestone of November 11, it could have escaped no one’s attention what inspired the project to unite the continent....
The worst authors who have ever lived
July 19, 2018
Dictator Literature by Daniel Kalder, Oneworld, 400pp, £16.99 Daniel Kalder is a very funny writer who specialises in Russian history and literature and has...
In the footsteps of Charlemagne
July 5, 2018
Last week France’s maddeningly young president Emmanuel Macron became the “first and only honorary canon” of the Basilica of St John Lateran while on...
The mistake that America keeps on making
June 28, 2018
Political Tribes by Amy Chua, Bloomsbury, 304pp, £14 Amy Chua, a lawyer and academic at Yale, is perhaps best known for her Battle Hymn...
How the Irish saved England
December 21, 2017
This Christmas millions of cinema-goers will watch The Last Jedi, the much-hyped eighth instalment in the Star Wars series. The trailer for the film,...
How the Irish monks of the ‘Star Wars island’ saved England
December 20, 2017
The monks of Skellig Michael kept Christianity alive during years of darkness
How big business is using your cash to undermine Catholic teaching
December 7, 2017
When buying ordinary products, you may be funding political causes you reject
Don’t buy it
December 7, 2017
I was in the supermarket the other day, scanning the most pretentious foreign lagers section, when to my horror I caught sight of a...
Am I allowed to enjoy this patriotic film?
August 3, 2017
Does history have to be about the present? I ask after seeing Christopher Nolan’s much-discussed Dunkirk, which is indeed as good as everyone says,...
No, Dunkirk isn’t about Brexit
August 3, 2017
Dunkirk is a great war movie because it’s about people, not issues
A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon
October 10, 2019
Dominion By Tom Holland Little, Brown, 624pp, £25/$32 The Romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything awesome,...
Why Civilisation has lasted 50 years
February 21, 2019
“What is civilisation?” an erudite English gentleman asks the camera. “I don’t know … but I think I can recognise it when I see...
The hammer that laid Europe’s foundations
December 20, 2018
As Europe passed the poignant milestone of November 11, it could have escaped no one’s attention what inspired the project to unite the continent....
The worst authors who have ever lived
July 19, 2018
Dictator Literature by Daniel Kalder, Oneworld, 400pp, £16.99 Daniel Kalder is a very funny writer who specialises in Russian history and literature and has...
In the footsteps of Charlemagne
July 5, 2018
Last week France’s maddeningly young president Emmanuel Macron became the “first and only honorary canon” of the Basilica of St John Lateran while on...
The mistake that America keeps on making
June 28, 2018
Political Tribes by Amy Chua, Bloomsbury, 304pp, £14 Amy Chua, a lawyer and academic at Yale, is perhaps best known for her Battle Hymn...
How the Irish saved England
December 21, 2017
This Christmas millions of cinema-goers will watch The Last Jedi, the much-hyped eighth instalment in the Star Wars series. The trailer for the film,...
How the Irish monks of the ‘Star Wars island’ saved England
December 20, 2017
The monks of Skellig Michael kept Christianity alive during years of darkness
How big business is using your cash to undermine Catholic teaching
December 7, 2017
When buying ordinary products, you may be funding political causes you reject
Don’t buy it
December 7, 2017
I was in the supermarket the other day, scanning the most pretentious foreign lagers section, when to my horror I caught sight of a...
Am I allowed to enjoy this patriotic film?
August 3, 2017
Does history have to be about the present? I ask after seeing Christopher Nolan’s much-discussed Dunkirk, which is indeed as good as everyone says,...
No, Dunkirk isn’t about Brexit
August 3, 2017
Dunkirk is a great war movie because it’s about people, not issues
