Sarah Ingham: Social inequality can’t be fixed by erasing Britain’s history

It is a litany of uncomfortable and inconvenient truths. Obsessing over these does little to spur progress.

Interview: Nigel Biggar says human rights are not enough and the British Empire was good as well as bad

If the BBC wants to balance its coverage of the culture war, it should commission this Oxford ethicist to tell the truth about Britain’s past.

Sunder Katwala: Gandhi does not quite fit the bill of recognising ethnic minority Britons on our currency

He may have been one of the greatest figures to shape the 20th century, but a simplistic deification risks losing the complexity of the man.

Why Britain wants to leave this European Union of failed nation states

In his new book, Jeremy Black traces the history of Britain’s relations with the Continent, and how it bears on the Brexit debate.

Alex King: The Remainers’ notion that Brexit is founded on dreams of empire is a tired fantasy

Ironically, a major reason the UK joined the EEC – a club of former colonial powers – was the hope of preserving imperial clout.

The unknown names that live for evermore

These acts of remembrance may in some slight measure salve grief, and enable those who have not had to endure such things to give thanks for those who do.

We think we know Churchill, but are constantly surprised by him

Andrew Roberts manages to bring the great man before us in all his variousness in just under a thousand pages.

Daniel Hannan: Like the Windrush children, EU nationals raised here have a moral right to UK citizenship

We must oppose illegal immigration. But making life harder for legitimate residents helps nobody.

Why the Americans make such rotten imperialists

Amy Chua says they are blind to the decisive importance of tribal politics – an obliviousness which extends to America itself, and prepared the way for Trump.

Daniel Hannan: Uganda shows the power of the free market in action

A comparison with its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is stark.

Jay Singh-Sohal: Remembrance is a time to commit to acts of public service

The sacrifices of our forefathers should inspire us to step up and serve, in our own ways.