Otto von Bismarck
The regime that set the stage for Nazism
The question is not about Weimar, but what went wrong with the Germany that preceded it
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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union