A great Prime Minister's early death Thursday, 11 July, 2024 Prime minister at the age of 24, the Younger Pitt died when he was 46 in 1806 after serving in the highest political office for eighteen years, a term exceeded in length only by Walpole. His health was never robust. It is well-known that he added to his problems by drinking heavily, and it is often said that drink killed him. Far from that being the case, the illness that proved fatal to him can... Articles
Brexit's Irish crisis 6th September 2017 Brexit will affect Ireland, North and South, more profoundly than any other part of the EU. The grave and wide-ranging implications were examined at length and... Speeches
Neville Chamberlain: A great and misunderstood man 31st August 2017 Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) is widely regarded today as a disastrous Prime Minister, one of the worst in British history. The shadow of appeasement falls... Articles
How should Tory Party leaders be elected? 30th August 2017 On 26 August Matthew Parris devoted his weekly column in The Times to the procedures for electing the leader of the Conservative Party. The final decision... Articles
Same-sex wedding of fake peers 26th August 2017 Writing in The Spectator on 29 July, Charles Moore drew attention to an unusual marriage announced in The Times—between Lord Blackmore and Lord Hiscutt in the... Articles
The partition of India seventy years ago 18th August 2017 In August 1947, the Indian sub-continent was divided into two independent states, India and Pakistan, following the end of British rule. The provinces of Punjab... Articles
Politicians and History 11th August 2017 Nearly a hundred of our current MPs studied history at university. That means that more of them than ever before have written and thought about the past during... Articles
Courts and quads 5th August 2017 The well-known satirical novel, Porterhouse Blue, published in 1974, is set in a fictional Cambridge college. It was referred to in an article by Iain Martin... Articles
Easier voting for servicemen and women overseas 4th August 2017 Many servicemen and women posted abroad are effectively disenfranchised because of the cumbersome requirements that have to be met in order to register to vote... Articles
Gay arrival 3rd August 2017 An article in The Daily Telegraph on July 31 mentioned that a number of well-known people—including Benjamin Britten, John Gielgud and Kenneth Williams-- “who... Articles