Bank for International Settlements
The American who let the Nazis rebuild Germany
John McCloy freed Hitler’s favourite industrialists. Their firms still dominate the country’s economy
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
