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
Diamond geezers in Antwerp
From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world
TV crime spree
From Washington to Belfast via a conspiracy thriller, Adam LeBor reviews the latest television drama.
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
