David Engels
David Engels is chair of Roman History at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and senior analyst at the Instytut Zachodni in Poznań. He is the author of Le Déclin: La crise de l'Union européenne et la chute de la république romaine, analogies historiques.
What the Polish election means
It has major implications for conservatism and left-liberalism in Europe
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Tomorrow in Poland
“Konfederacja” and PiS are predestined partners in the attempt to protect Poland’s identity and learn from the West’s mistakes
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
What the Conservatives can learn from Germany
The Tories should have a clean break with their past and rebuild
What on Earth are the Conservatives running on?
Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Organic snake oil salesmen
The Greens have an easy answer for any question (well, almost any question)
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
Lefty men’s failures have radicalised women
Don’t pretend that feminists are being “radical” for no reason
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture