Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

The officers who tried to kill Hitler were spurred on by a deep sense of shame and guilt

‘Turkey's membership would mean a European Union bordering on Iraq and Syria’

Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East