November 4, 2019

Will Brexit tear Belfast apart? The unionist community in Northern Ireland resents the way Brexit is being used by republicans to chip away at their Britishness

Paul Embery

01.11

Could a Rugby World Cup win boost Boris? Rugby is increasingly becoming a national, rather than an elite, sport

Robin Aitken

31.10

Why do Remainers revile homesickness? The yearning for home, along with the idea of nostalgia, is a legitimate political instinct that is now being used as an insult

Giles Fraser

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

28.10

How the world forgot the financial crash The crazy boom and bust in the media’s interest in economics could cost us dear

Peter Franklin

24.10

Why shouting ‘traitor’ is a fool’s game Lisa Nandy should ignore the purer-than-thou trolls: compromise is a moral good, even if it means losing your innocence

Giles Fraser

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

21.10

Finally, Cornwall tells its own story A film about a Cornish fishing village overrun by rich incomers is one of a new wave that puts neglected communities back in focus

Ryan Gilbey

18.10

Why the North East of England is different The communitarian 'Old Labour Right' culture stems from centuries of defending the realm

Dan Jackson

16.10

Could free cash fix the economy? The economy is tanking and the central banks are getting desperate: could helicopter money be the answer?

Peter Franklin

15.10

Is Boris Johnson trying to rig the election? The photo ID voting plan is a badly thought-through attempt to fix a non-existent problem

Tom Chivers