Blue bloods and brownshirts
The intricate relationship between German aristocrats and Nazi Germany
Britain’s Nazi collaborators
If Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain had succeeded he would have found accomplices as fanatical as those in Europe
Oxfam’s heart of darkness
The story of women in third world countries being abused by charity workers recurs with worrying inevitably
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
Schools gone woke: a view from America
In a warning to teachers around the world, one American teacher opens up about the invasion of woke orthodoxy in the education sector
The trans rights that trump all
Julie Bindel and Melanie Newman say women’s rights were not considered in legislation that allows trans people to effectively decide their own gender
Party political
Claudia Savage-Gore loses sleep plotting a stealth-lavish birthday party
The questionable innocence of Pontius Pilate
Steve Morris argues that this new book about Pontius Pilate helps us understand the limits of state and law
Novel weapons
Could we be unwittingly researching both sides of a hypersonic arms race?
The Earl of Leicester vs Wells Harbour Railway
The debacle involving Holkham Estate and Wells Harbour Railway is the latest example of the cultural erosion of British towns
Stop this fascist gaslighting
Without white progressives like me to supervise them, ethnic minorities are helpless and easily exploited
Letter from Washington: Biden ends America’s longest war
Oliver Wiseman on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan this week