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
A trauma that never ends
Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war
Too many women are being murdered
Why crime writers need to move on from serial femicide
Rave that runs out of puff
Summertime and the streaming is easy, but Netflix’s White Lines leaves Adam LeBor cold
Nazi blueprint for postwar integration
How Walther Funk’s 1940 memo predicted the rise of the European Union
Shakespeare in the West Bank
Adam LeBor has found one of the most immersive, and exhausting, experiences television has to offer
We have been here before
A 1970s drama played on a nagging sense that modern life was fragile
A tale of two Harrys
Adam LeBor on the sharply written TV show: The Windsors
Pure gold among the C4 dross
Adam LeBor strikes television gold
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
How the Greens blackened their name
The leadership of the Greens allowed gender fundamentalism to undermine the party
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
