In defence of “what if?”
Why counterfactual history is an essential tool for understanding the present.
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Bismarck is still the GOAT
The Iron Chancellor reshaped a continent in his image.
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The right don’t own tradition, but they can keep Morris dancing
How do we connect with the past when this impulse is often exploited by the worst people imaginable?
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How to start a revolution
As an ambassador in London, Benjamin Franklin honed his satirical, subversive art.
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The month of two D-Days
History will record this deed as an achievement of the highest order.
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Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks
The immigration minister is reopening a dark chapter in British history.
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The IRA’s blank assassin
The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
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Peter Tatchell: “Politics is bad today, but nothing like Bermondsey”
The human rights activist on what the violence and homophobia of the 1983 by-election teaches today’s left.
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