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
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions