Stefan Zweig
The lost world of Stefan Zweig
A new book offers a flawed but insightful perspective on the life of an elegist of civilisation
Mood music from the past
A confidential matter: the letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
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Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration