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
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
Killing the good Samaritans
In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
The incarnation of vice
Sex, gypsies, smoking, smugglers, sex, bullfighting, murder, and did we mention…sex?
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism