The sphinx who reshaped Europe
The key to Europe’s future lies with Mario Draghi, the technocrat who sidelined politicians and saved the Euro, but who now needs them to succeed as Italy’s PM
The rise of Mrs Europe
A new EU is emerging. Will Ursula von der Leyen lead it to triumph or failure?
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
Women can’t consent to their own murder and abuse
Today’s new law against non-fatal strangulation sends a message that violence against women is a crime, not a kink
The German Reformation
Professor Jeremy Black discusses the effect that Martin Luther and the Reformation had on the German lands in the sixteenth century
The farce awakens
Not long ago, in a parliament far, far away
Drum fast, die young?
Taylor Hawkins is not the only drummer to meet with an early grave
Keir the Coaster
The Labour Party’s craven leadership will leave the electorate guessing when voting starts
Welcome returns for three Irish writers
Why is the publishing industry so obsessed with debuts?
Irish reunification is a Remainer pipe dream
The Republic would be in no way equipped to absorb loyalist communities against their will
This town ain’t big enough for the both of us
Crisis and continuity in the Spanish right
Germany in the Baroque Age
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the cultural achievements of the Baroque Age in the German states
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative