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
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
