Armin Laschet
The strange death of the CDU
The decline of Angela Merkel’s party may return Germany to a Weimar-style splintered parliament
Armin Laschet, Germany’s next Chancellor: Pro-China, Pro-Putin, Pro-Assad?
As China rises and Russia rattles its sabre, the Germans will hope that the younger generation have as much ease learning Mandarin as Merkel’s generation did English
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
The restless life of a very bourgois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
