European History
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
A window into the medieval mind
Heaven on Earth captures the extraordinary efflorescence of Gothic architecture in Europe
The soul of Swedes
On the contested state of Swedish cultural identity
Return of the mercenaries
Putin’s hired killers have money on their minds
The new treason of the intellectuals
Julien Benda is as relevant today as he was in 1927
Revolutionaries in the palace
Austria-Hungary’s last empress is inducted into the cult of Diana and Meghan
Reconstructing a self-destructive life
One thing in Roth’s messy existence makes him worth our time: his writing
Rebuilding a monarchy and a nation
Austrian lessons for the reign of Charles III
War wounds of Polish history
Overcoming suffering can be a source of pride
The “Popish brat of France” reassessed
Leanda de Lisle triumphs where her subject could not
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
