Nazis
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Patrick Leigh Fermor’s doomed Europe
His writing beautifully describes the older Europe that we lost
In defence of Blimp
Was the reactionary caricature, immortalised by Powell and Pressburger, actually a moral visionary?
The tangled roots of the Third Reich
Almost everybody found it easier to disengage from what was happening
A sunny depiction of dark times
Unlike so many, Heffer likes his fellow countrymen and countrywomen
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
The strange death of liberal Germanophilia
Do the Germans “do it better”?
J’accuse: the case that never closes
France was putting itself on trial, for its actions during the war
The other one
How Edward VIII threatened the royal family
Snaps, crackles and Pop Art
Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
