The American who let the Nazis rebuild Germany
John McCloy freed Hitler’s favourite industrialists. Their firms still dominate the country’s economy
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
Thirty years on: blood and hatred in the Balkans
Adam LeBor recalls terror and surreal moments of calm in Eastern Europe
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
A widow’s might
The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
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
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names