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