From Prospect, Cliff North on why we need the Daily Mirror: The original paper of the left-wing working class has its back to the wall — we shouldn't let it go without a fight. Naughty by nature: Why has Britain become so rude? The Homeric Christian: Melvin Schut on Gladstone’s politics of prudence. The leading historians Professors Norman Stone and Jeremy Black discuss how Great Britain might recover its once unique contribution to Western civilisation. Who are the English Defence League and are they fascist? A review of The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr. A review of The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain by Allan Massie. David Cameron is the apotheosis of the postmodern politician: A cloud of unreality and inauthenticity shrouds his every move. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is unimpressed by some of the Windsor clan. We are outraged by mass murderers such as Derrick Bird, but it is inevitable that occasionally a pathetic loner will be gripped by uncontrollable primitive urges. A review of Understanding the British Empire by Ronald Hyam. Did fornicating farm girls boost the rise of atheism in Britain? Peter Kirwan on the death and rebirth of British tabloids. As politics becomes less tribal, ideas become more important; for the left, think tanks may provide crucial new direction. A look at how Britain said farewell to its Empire. Saying Britons "don't do" languages is a fallacy.
