Culture
All Booked Up
Is there a cure for bibliomania?
Gordon’s (Still) Alive: Flash Gordon at 40
Remembering the cult-classic science-fiction romp
Pasteurisation of the pub
Pubs may have reopened, but its new landlord is the Nanny State
Blame the Critic
Whose fault is acting essentialism?
Back to the future
Trainsplaining a new world order
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 50 Years On
Half a century on, the song remains an an eternally affecting evocation of the need for solidarity and comfort
How I discovered Germany
Daniel Johnson on how he found a lost love for the Germans
Does the Mediterranean have a common culture?
And did its modern tourist industry develop naturally? Graham Stewart discusses with Professor Jeremy Black
Failing to escape Brexit in Buenos Aires
You can’t escape entitled Brits whingeing about Brexit, even in Argentina. But you may encounter the ghosts of Nazis
How Hollywood managed to celebrate German culture in 1954
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s musical coming out just nine years after the end of World War II invited Germany back into polite society