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Turkish Wrath

‘Despite the Turkish origins of most of the victims, the Munich court failed to allocate a single press seat in the Zschäpe murder trial to a Turkish media outlet’

April 22, 2013

European Eye·Germany

Why Was There No Holy Roman Project?

Brendan Simms's new epic history of Europe is an earnest and old-fashioned of great power rivalries

April 22, 2013

Books·Europe·History·International

Constitutional Ignoramus

In attempting to answer his question Why Tolerate Religion, Chicago philosopher Brian Leiter wilfully neglects the impact of the Judaeo-Christian tradition on Western civilisation

April 22, 2013

Books·Constitutional Affairs·Faith·US Politics

High-Minded Or Hot Air?

At times in Levels of Life, Julian Barnes at his dizzying best—it is writing from his informed, proud and devoted heart

April 22, 2013

Books·Literature

Past Times of a Present Master

Underrated American author James Salter's latest novel, at its best, evokes Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Tolstoy

April 22, 2013

Books·Literature

At Home with the Letwins’ Salon

Bill and Shirley Letwin kept open house for open minds from Chicago to Cambridge and Hampstead

April 22, 2013

Critique·Literature·Philosophy·UK Politics

Life with Father

Sports-pages-stalwart Roger Mortimer's writing has been resurrected with the publication of letters to his children

April 17, 2013

Counterpoints·Family·Literature

What To Do With the Huddled Masses?

David Goodhart's The British Dream isn't a scintillating read, but it is a thoughtful articulation of the UK's changing attitudes to immigration

March 26, 2013

Books·Immigration

The Moneybags and the Brains

The Bretton Woods conference of 1944 saw a historic meeting of economists that changed the world forever

March 26, 2013

Books·Economy

Weathering The Storm

Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker is a masterpiece of historical scholarship, but fails entirely in its stated aim of linking political disaster to a changing climate

March 26, 2013

Books·Environment

Monstrosities of a Vile Victorian

Linda Stratmann's attempt to exculpate the Marquess of Queensberry of his myriad sins is a misguided stab at rescuing a the reputation of a truly wretched man

March 26, 2013

Books·History

Russia’s Poisoned Hinterland

The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough charts the unsavoury history of alcoholism, violence, abortions and nihilism in the former USSR. For all this, it is beautifully written

March 26, 2013

Books·Russia

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