John Kampfner
John Kampfner is author of Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country (Atlantic) @johnkampfner
Outcast of the angry generation
Mahler’s political journey from Baader-Meinhof terrorist to Holocaust denier illustrates Germany’s post-Hitler psychodrama
Having what it takes to secede
Only a tiny minority of independence movements have been both peaceful and successful
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?