Web Only: The Asymmetry of Racism Awareness The Church of England's decision not to censure Rev. Stephen Sizer highlights its, and wider society's, reluctance to condemn anti-Semitic bigotry February 9, 2012 Features·Judaism·The Church of England
Lax on Tax 'Germans are obsessed with paying taxes - they are affronted by any state with little or not taxation - such as the British Virgin Islands' December 20, 2011 European Eye·Taxation
Italian Insouciance The over-generous Italian welfare state means that for all the belt-tightening, most people in the country still enjoy la dolce vita December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Economy·EU·Italy
Gift for Greece Spirit of London 2012? The best thing that could happen to the Olympic Games would be to send them home December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Sport
Out of the Fire Was Jean Sibelius's newly discovered Eighth Symphony destroyed in one of the composer's notorious drunken rages? December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Music
Survivor of Stasiland The death of Christa Wolf has left Germany bereft of a powerful bridge of literary consciousness, whose universal work could talk to a once-divided nation December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Germany·Literature
Powell’s Penpal A new limited-edition paperback documents the charming correspondence between US book collector Robert Vanderbilt and Anthony Powell December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Literature
Fussball über alles The German film Der Ganz Grosse Traum shows the delightful story of the first Anglo-German conflict (football match, that is) December 20, 2011 Counterpoints·Sport
The Tartar Terminator The unheralded Kazakh Rashid Nezhmetdinov was universally admired by his peers for his astonishing attacking ferocity December 20, 2011 Chess
Naturalised Talents British art has a rich European heritage. Tate Britain’s new show explores its Continental seam December 20, 2011 Art
Don’t Mention the War Book review of The Wartime Journals by Hugh Trevor-Roper; edited by Richard Davenport-Hines December 20, 2011 Academia·Books·History
It Was All Rot About All Souls Book review of All Souls and the Wider World edited by S.J.D. Green and Peregrine Horden December 20, 2011 Academia·Books·History