Realpolitik
The good leader delusion
Woke leaders are able to disguise their more cynical realpolitik
A heartbreaking work of staggering narcissism
Grace Lavery reveals the delusions of transgender ideology
Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no lies
Lord Geidt’s thankless task: teaching Boris not to fib
Music’s moral conscience
The violinist Gidon Kremer stands brilliantly apart from the rest of the music world
The American nightmare
America’s toxic racial politics cannot be allowed to take root in Britain
Murders for May
A deadly mixture of reprints and new releases
American judges have chosen life — so should Britain
It’s not only the US Supreme Court that has serious concerns about abortion
The resurrection of France?
A third way to the cynical politics of Macron and Le Pen exists
The roots of Germany
Jeremy Black discusses German identity in the 700 years between Charlemagne and the Reformation
Let’s appreciate Wagner for Wagner
Politics and historical commentary aside, Lohengrin is currently on at Covent Garden
A very modern monarch
Rakib’s Britain: The Queen has been a powerful force for unity in a rapidly changing and multicultural Britain
A real nice clambake
The American classic is fine street-party fare