Europe invaded
We must heed the warnings from Hungary and Poland about migration
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
Walter’s Arctic Circle is a winner
Welcome to a kaleidoscopic showcase of topical dramas in vivid settings
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Taking on ISIS and Eichmann
Covering a French spy thriller, a documentary on Eichmann and a British government drama
Haunting Ghosts
Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Without a twist
This weather-based thriller is all hot air, but who doesn’t enjoy a warm summer breeze?
Failing universities
What has gone wrong in British higher education?
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
Britain is not for sale
On the commodification of the nation state
“Nympho” rides again
Mental housemistresses and banners displaying children in boaters
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
Less smoking, more cancer?
Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Confidently Cantonese
Chowing down in the Royal China
