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
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Eroticism and intrigue
Out of Vienna (Alpha-Classics)
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards