11/08/2019 - 12:09am

For Germans and Jews, the past is never over As the child of German-Jewish refugees, I inherited a complex relationship with a country my parents still loved.

Paul Morland

06.11

The myth of the anti-science Middle Ages The medieval Church was surprisingly supportive of science and mathematics — and even popularised the modern university

James Hannam

05.11

Mary, Queen of Scots was no tragic victim Lacking judgement and confidence, the Scottish ruler was author of her own misfortune

Tracy Borman

04.11

The War was not Our Finest Hour We cherish the myths of a conflict we know almost nothing truthful about, and which broke us militarily and financially

Peter Hitchens

01.11

The Scopes Monkey Trial was about racism, not god Almost everything we think we know about the Dayton spectacle is wrong

Dennis Sewell

31.10

Magna Carta proves the English aren’t exceptional The document we think of as the sacred text of British democracy was in fact about petty score-settling

Polly Mackenzie

30.10

Oliver Cromwell: conservative revolutionary Why do we remain so remarkably ignorant about the turbulent period of the Civil Wars and its chief protagonist?

Paul Lay

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

28.10

The squalid myth of Dickensian London Despite the popular image of callous workhouses, life was vastly improved during the Industrial Revolution

Robert Tombs

25.10

How I learned the Tories weren’t evil Working in the coalition taught me that humility must take the place of hubris in our politics

Polly Mackenzie

24.10

There’s no such thing as Left versus Right There’s so much more to politics than the market and the state

Peter Franklin

23.10

Don’t let Brexit become the next Troubles Growing up in Belfast in the 1970s taught me that tribal loyalties have a way of turning nasty

Jenny McCartney