Otto von Bismarck
The unification of Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the path of German unification, from the failed revolutions of 1848 to the creation of Bismarck’s Reich
The making of a maelstrom
How the Anglophile Kaiser Wilhelm went to war with Britain
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Sticky situation
Everyone’s Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe was different. All were revolting
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
