Back to the wall
Despite the fact East Germany has disappeared, it continues to live on in this outstanding trilogy
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
A treasure trove of memories
T.V. show, The Repair Shop, is just what we need in these dark and fractured times, says Adam LeBor
Remembering Khamis Abulafia: broadcaster, baker, peacemaker
As the remnants of Israel’s left implode and the hard-right strengthens further, Israel needs voices like Khamis’s more than ever
Memories of a massacre
Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor
Learning to love Big Brother
A contemporary political drama uses the double whammy of Covid and Brexit to reanimate older, primeval forces
The Marxist cell in Number 10
Adam LeBor investigates the former communist cult that has found common cause with the prime minister and the Brexiteer Conservative right
Reviving the inner anarchist
A new series shows Britain sliding into authoritarianism. Sound familiar?
Lost dream of coexistence
Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series
The EU Godfather’s Wall Street roots
Adam LeBor traces the American influences behind Jean Monnet, the man who reshaped Europe
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
