Bundesverfassungsgericht
Germany’s judges have spoken. Should the EU be worried?
Germany’s Constitutional Court challenges whether the ECJ can decide the extent of its own power
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law