German Culture
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
The Merry Widow’s peak operetta
Who should we blame for art admired by monsters?
The art of experience
The great German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich deserves more attention
Rejecting Kant’s cant
Germany, cradle of the hate speech law
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
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a fairer way out of a
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Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
How to reverse Britain’s nuclear decline
Regulatory reform alone is not enough — we need better governance
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Zelda Zingari
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