Tim Stanley

The debate on Scottish independence has been dominated by economic arguments, to its detriment, argues Tim Stanley.

Binge drinking is seen as a British disease, but its causes are complex and politicians intrude at their peril, says Tim Stanley.

Barack Obama’s admiration for the progressive Republicanism of Theodore Roosevelt ignores the true nature of both early 20th-century America and the president who embodied it, argues Tim Stanley.

Fundamentalism has become the face of Islam in the West. It was not always so and need not be in the future, says Tim Stanley.

The triumph of liberal democracy was supposed to herald an end to history. But it has returned with a vengeance, says Tim Stanley.

It is the responsibility of parents and politicians to define and pass on a nation's values and identity, argues Tim Stanley. Historians and teachers of history should be left alone to get on with their work.

The academic training that historians undergo qualifies them to speak out on issues beyond their remit, argues Tim Stanley.

There is nothing new or exceptional about the recent English riots and they will have little long-term impact, argues Tim Stanley.

The American Civil War was not a simple struggle between slaveholders and abolitionists, argues Tim Stanley.

History tells us that the West’s embrace of liberal values was not inevitable and is unlikely to last, says Tim Stanley.

It is a deeply unfashionable thing to ask, says Tim Stanley, but might a nation's history be affected by the character of its people?

The desire of western governments, most notably those of Britain, to apologise for the actions of their predecessors threatens to simplify the complexities of history, argues Tim Stanley.

The Victorian era was an age of faith – which is why it was also a golden period of progress, argues Tim Stanley.