Ronald Asch
Ronald G. Asch, now retired, held until last year the chair of early modern history in the university of Freiburg. He has published widely on 16th and 17th century European and British history, including the origins of the Thirty Years War and on the history of kingship and of nobilities as a social and cultural elite. He tweets at @aschronald
The end of German stability?
Years of complacency has seen right wing populism surge in the holy land of centrism
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
Giving Mozart a makeover
Mozart: The Salzburg Project (Warner)
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
Women can have short hair, too
Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes
The blame game
Some terrible villain has made the Conservative Party unpopular. But who could it be?
Moroccan gold
Enjoy some of the finest food ever eaten at the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse