Dominic Green
The rewriting of American history
The study of US political history is disappearing from American campuses. But bestselling books on the subject give cause for hope
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
Music to the ears of the anti-Semitic Left
Radical young Democrats such as Ilhan Omar are rising, while stars from the golden age of Democratic centrism are losing the big-ticket Millennial audience.
There’s nowt so fake as “folk”
The Scots, Welsh and Irish have an authentic tradition of folk songs. England demonstrably does not
Overrated: Billy Bragg
The “folk-singing” darling of the Corbynistas is a musical and political fake
Collectivised clicks
‘As Silicon Valley comes to Washington, the pattern of 21st-century journalism is emerging’
Probing Punk’s Politics
“Punk’s politics began in creativity and generalised disgust, but ended in stupidity and fascism”
Writers In Residence
“The only thing worse than living in the mausoleum of a dead writer is living with a bunch of living ones”
Political Playpen
“Social justice” and the New Left’s takeover of academic institutions
Giotto The Great
Great art endures; great art forever changes.
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal