Berlin
Cash only in Berlin
The city is struggling to remain itself
A glorious flowering of difficult ideas
Two newly translated books evoke chapters of the divided and discarded history of Germany’s capital
My gratitude to the Cold War
As the the British Army presence in Germany came to an end, so did a way of life that engraved itself into the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Brits and Germans.
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
The restless life of a very bourgois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
