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
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
