Books
The paradox of Nazi culture
The Nazis were so obsessed with the otherness of the Jews that they created an alternative cultural universe for them
Pointless protest
Spare us the snooty superiority of “real” writers affronted by celebrity novels
Murder stories for December days
Jeremy Black makes his way through the British Library’s Crime Classics collection
The breakdown of higher education
A British-American professor explains how diversity ruined academia, and how to reform it
Fairy tales have gone woke
Pulling up fairy tales by the roots in the name of feminism makes barren fare for the reader
Sharing the great American dream
The Upswing by Robert Putnam, with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
The tragic downfall of Lord Alfred Douglas
The 20th-anniversary edition of Douglas Murray’s Bosie remains the seminal account of the tragic life of Lord Alfred Douglas
Bursting the bubbles
Surely it would be better for economies if the markets were to run on a more even keel?
Between war and empire
Jeremy Black weighs in on two recent historiographical offerings
The writings of Lewis and Tolkien embody conservative environmentalism
The Conservative party were once the country party. They could be again. It might even net them some votes