Central Europe
States of uncertainty
How should we define “Central Europe?”
Age of influencers
Central European artists illuminated the national landscape in 1930s Britain
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Why central Europe has always mattered
Globalism is nothing new
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture