Austro-Hungarian Empire
Land of his birth
Little of the Hungarian aristocrats’ world remains, except a few crumbling buildings — and Count Bánffy’s stories
Love and death in Vienna
Spanish flu killed Schiele and Klimt. Their art sensed the brevity of life and the doom of their society
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
The roots of academic irrationality
How ideology came to dominate the intellect — and rigidity subordinated scepticism
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”