One of the latest examples, among the dispiriting many, of ideology taking precedence over historical truth is the row that has detonated over the claim by University College London’s Dr Jenny Bulstrode that Henry Cort, who is credited with inventing a ground-breaking iron-making process in 1784, actually stole the idea from Jamaican slaves. Bulstrode’s claim […]
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I was recently in Berlin and no visit is complete without a tour taking in the Berlin Wall, erected in 1961 by Soviet controlled communist East Germany. It was designed to ensure that the inhabitants of East Berlin could enjoy the delights of living in a communist country, whether they liked it or not, free
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While I’m very much the traditional, stiff-arsed Brit when it comes to interactions with other people, I have practically limitless affection for animals, and am never afraid to put it on display. Despite this, I’ve resisted the temptation to get a dog for over a decade, and not entirely without reason. For starters, my wife
In a time when the commissars of English wokery, those self-flagellating haters of their own country and culture, are doing their relentless best to topple English heroes through bad history, there is something charmingly forgivable about a person defending her English hero, albeit also through bad history. To whom am I referring? Phillipa Langley, the
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The black slave trade is an inexcusable blight on Britain’s history, but to listen to some commentators, such as those affiliated with Black Lives Matter, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was still taking place or that it had only been abolished a few years ago. In the minds of many young people,
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Recently, the Financial Times revealed that Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ new book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, is littered with passages lifted from other sources, including that dubious fount of knowledge, Wikipedia, without the correct acknowledgement such as quotation marks, footnotes and a bibliography. Reeves has, of course, denied plagiarism and her office has defended
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The Scottish Government in its latest independence white paper expresses concern that Scotland’s population is ageing and the birth rate is declining. It argues that migration is the sole driver of population growth and would like migration to increase. It therefore sets out various new visa schemes that an independent Scotland might adopt, would make
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Marks and Spencer, more than just a shop, a veritable British institution can usually expect to make a tidy profit at Christmas because folk like us like to spend our money there. Their displays of Christmas goods and, especially their food, are a joy to behold. Even without buying anything, a visit to M&S at
The British are among the most mild-mannered people in the world. We apologise to the waiter when the food is not up to snuff; we say sorry when others mumble and we cannot understand what they’ve said; we even offer a mea culpa to those who career into us along the pavement, as though it
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In China it appears you can take the peasant out of rural areas, but you cannot stop them being a peasant. Early in the last decade China initiated a project to move 250 million people from the rural areas to the cities; from shanties and small houses to the high rise apartments that characterise so
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