Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Originally published in March 2023. A crisis that did more good than harm. The further it recedes into history, the more the abdication of Edward VIII seems like a fairly minor...
Few documents in the history of the world have achieved as iconic a status as Magna Carta. It remains one of the best-known documents in British history, and its influence has...
How the French take-over changed England profoundly. When Messrs Sellar and Yeatman produced their classic satire of the history that could be remembered from schooldays, they...
In both the world wars, Britain was allied with France and Russia against Germany. Yet this pattern was of relatively recent origin and it represented a reversal of that which...
The roots of the Royal Family’s public persona. During the later decades of the 19th century, the British monarchy was fundamentally transformed into the one we know today:...
Edward VII and the realignment of British foreign policy. In both the world wars, Britain was allied with France and Russia against Germany. Yet this pattern was of relatively...