March 10, 2021

How modernity erupted from a volcano Natural disasters have affected our history far more than politics

Paul Lay

10.12

France will never be a nation of cowards Gallic courage, the harvest of centuries of battle, still beguiles the world

Dan Jackson

30.11

The making of a modern martyr From Patrick Pearse to George Floyd, they're a sign the political conversation has broken down

Jenny McCartney

22.10

What the Woke Terror shares with the French Revolution Both radical movements are shot through with paranoia, emotivism and religious caricature

Matthew Crawford

15.10

The tyranny of queer theory Even if you're gay, being monogamous is seen as reactionary — if not outright bigoted

Mary Harrington

05.10

The autocrats of the world are uniting Like the old Concert of Europe, the new Dictators' Club has set aside differences to focus on naked power

Christopher Rhodes

15.09

Did the French Revolution cause Nazism? If Louis XVI had hung onto his throne, Europe wouldn't have been overrun by tyranny

John Lewis-Stempel

10.09

Imagine a world without the USA… France and Britain have reached a stalemate in North America and no colonial rebellion ensues

James Kirkup

15.11

Globalisation’s mistaken rule

Giles Fraser