Central Europe
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The unification of Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the path of German unification, from the failed revolutions of 1848 to the creation of Bismarck’s Reich
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused