09/04/2020 - 5:10am

All this Covid confusion helps no one David Halpern's work on prosperity suggests that dividing the population on a health issue will not end well

Polly Mackenzie

03.09

A portrait of power, warts and all A series of novels set in Cromwell's England shows that taking control is easy enough — but keeping it is much harder

James Kirkup

02.09

The last gasps of a European empire An unfinished masterpiece set in imperial Vienna offers our MPs historical parallels — but no easy answers

Matthew Sweet

01.09

How to stop the 2020s becoming the new 1930s We need a new economic model that shares the wealth and saves the environment

Ralph Leonard

28.08

Do our politicians know themselves? Our leaders must do what is right, not what puts them 'on the right side of history'

Niall Gooch

27.08

Can our leaders cope with freedom? Whatever the Government chooses to do next, it will be responsible for death or destruction

Timandra Harkness

26.08

Will the Conservatives start conserving? Britain is the most nature-obsessed country on the planet — a fact not reflected in Government policy

Tom Holland

25.08

The secrets of Scotland’s ancient capital Seven kings are buried among Dunfermline's litter-strewn ruins — a fact the nationalists could make more of

Daniel Kalder

17.08

How Birmingham changed the world With its long history of nonconformity and innovation, Brum is a blueprint for a better Britain

Paul Lay

13.08

Ramsgate’s difficult relationship with Europe The history of this corner of England has always been coloured by its proximity to the continent

Aris Roussinos

12.08

Hull’s irresistible perversity The city revels in its separateness — but it may offer lessons for the rest of the UK

Matthew Sweet

11.08

Why they burn witches in Scotland Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, Christianity both assimilated and clashed with paganism

Diane Purkiss