Austria
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Revolutionaries in the palace
Austria-Hungary’s last empress is inducted into the cult of Diana and Meghan
Rebuilding a monarchy and a nation
Austrian lessons for the reign of Charles III
England has left Covid behind
But other countries are not so lucky
Government against the governed
Austria has already decided on barring the unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or immune from participating in normal life
Penalties for the unvaccinated
The Austrian government is demanding a lot from an already mostly acquiescent population
The Austrian solution
Mandating vaccination by criminal sanction may sound draconian, but then again Austria has historic form for this sort of thing
Vienna is becoming much like every other European capital
“Vienna is different” is the city’s proud motto, but sadly, Vienna is much like every other European city
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Sorry, not sorry
Sincere apologies require a shared set of values
