Darren O'Byrne
Darren O’Byrne is a historian of modern Germany at Cambridge University
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
The tangled roots of the Third Reich
Almost everybody found it easier to disengage from what was happening
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch