Germany
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
NATO needs the Germans to be up
European defence depends on a stronger Germany
Don’t be beastly to the Germans
British conservatives have much to learn from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Europe is breaking the welfare taboo
Are we witnessing the end of the European welfare state?
Is there a secret plot against AfD politicians?
Conspiracy theories flourish in a culture of anti-democratic censorship and authoritarianism
The German gravy train
Politicians in Germany are demanding more from the electorate while expecting more for themselves
Party like it’s 1848!
Across the continent, nationalism is back
Man or superman?
Loud’s biography of Emperor Frederick I is neither a hagiography nor a hatchet job
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre