We’re Good Europeans Yet They All Hate Us In 1953 Thomas Mann called “not for a German Europe, but a European Germany”. Now we have both—and neither is happy March 26, 2012 EU·Europe·Features·Germany
Obama’s Timidity Risks the World’s Security The President has eviscerated the US defence budget, and so threatens to deprive America of the means to use decisive force March 26, 2012 Defence·Features·US Politics·War on Terror
How the Left Turned Against the Jews Anti-Semitism has never been confined to the Right. Its latest manifestation is the left-wing campaign to undermine Israel March 26, 2012 Features·Judaism
Universities Must Be Freed from Meddling Britain’s seats of learning are coping with the new funding regime but are threatened by philistine regulators March 26, 2012 Academia·Features
Forget Wind: Time for Britain to Get Fracking Blinded by climate change dogma, the government seems determined to play down the Lancashire shale gas bonanza March 26, 2012 Energy·Features
Melvyn Bragg Misses the Art of the Matter Culture has never been in better shape, boasts our leading arts broadcaster — but only if you focus on soap operas and sport March 26, 2012 Features·Modern Life·TV
Wanted: A New Ronald Reagan GOP voting this year is extraordinarily volatile: Republicans' heads and hearts are completely disconnected - really, they just want Ronald Reagan back February 21, 2012 Dispatches·US Politics
Paths to Democracy, Catholic and Secular Setting the tone of Catholic political thought for three centuries, it is in France where one uncovers the roots of the separation of Church and State February 21, 2012 Critique·History·Politics
Queen who Let Daylight in on Royal Magic Book review of Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset February 21, 2012 Books·History
Trials of Windsor Life Book review of The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney February 21, 2012 Books·History
Dodgy Medieval Dossiers Book review of The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe by R. I. Moore February 21, 2012 Books·History·The Catholic Church
Men of Letters Book reviews of The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Jenny Hartley and P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, edited by Sophie Ratcliffe February 21, 2012 Books·Literature