Some wars are just
A new film of a classic First World War novel focuses attention on the pacifism of the German elite that denies Ukraine the means of liberation
Why Germany mourned our British queen
While few Germans lament the loss of their own emperors and kings, they admire the British idea of monarchy
The roots of German militarism
Generations of general staff put their faith in the knockout blow
Guardians of our culture
Conservative America still vibrantly upholds the cause of Western civilisation
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
The moral blindness of Putin’s generals
Russia’s murderous tactics to “de-Nazify” Ukraine have made its military leaders doppelgängers for the senior officers who executed Hitler’s evil plans
The joys of getting down with the grandkids
Campaigners for inter-generational justice miss the mark
Masterly study of sacred masterpieces
Embodied divinity
A glorious flowering of difficult ideas
Two newly translated books evoke chapters of the divided and discarded history of Germany’s capital
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
