Anglo-German Exchange
"Just how much Germany has changed is nowhere more visible than in the eyes of its most reluctant ally, Britain"
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Fifth Republic’s Darkest Days?
The Parisian political elite has lost touch with reality and the public
Obama scuttles. America retreats. Things fall apart
The 44th President of the United States replaced Pax Americana with a new world disorder. Will the 45th learn from his mistakes?
Putin and the Art of Political Fantasy
How does the Kremlin exploit Russia's long tradition of absurd conspiracy theories to control public opinion? By confabulation
An English parliament: the only way to save the UK
The injustices of devolution will be even more pronounced if the Smith Commission’s proposals are adopted. The constitution needs reworking
Don’t Listen to Britain’s Designer Demagogues
Owen Jones and Russell Brand peddle an anti-establishment world view that powerful secret cadres are in charge and getting away with murder
Better a Thick Skin than a Troll-Finder General
Online speech is over-regulated. The police have better things to do than round up those who say offensive or insulting things on social media
The Har Nof Massacre: How Jewish Life Carries On
When Palestinians killed five people at a synagogue in the Jerusalem suburb where my son lives, the response was admirably restrained
How the Nazis Lost the War on the West
Three refugees saw the Third Reich as the enemy of civilisation. Today we can learn from their example
My Meeting with the Byron of Our Times
Like the poet, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a dashing man of action and letters and a hero to the Greeks for his wartime exploits in Crete
Monarchy Without Kings
For anyone interested in the founding of the American Republic this work is indispensable reading
A Very Modern Preservationist
In the last year there has been a great Nairn revival - I would have loved to buy him a pint and hear him speak unpretentiously about his love of architecture