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
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
