Switzerland
Switzerland and Britain need to talk
London and Bern need to coordinate their approach to the EU
Nazi blueprint for postwar integration
How Walther Funk’s 1940 memo predicted the rise of the European Union
The Passion of Ken Loach
Expelled from the Labour party, Loach can once again present himself as a rebel
Guru of regurgitation
Time for self-styled “design guru” Stephen Bayley to move on from his erstwhile mentor, monstrous Sir Tel
The millennial bibliophile
Too many books, too little space and the insecurity of renting
Allsopp’s: the rebirth of the original Burton IPA
The Allsopp family has revived the original Burton IPA which made its name and fortune more than a century ago
August/September 2021: Letters to the Editor
Samuel Beckett is at his best when he’s being brief
Fifty years of easy money
Having gold as an anchor may not be perfect, but it does prevent the enormous expansion of public debt
Were British forces a match for the Warsaw Pact?
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role Britain’s nuclear deterrent played in facing the Warsaw Pact
Architectural historian against the world
John Martin Robinson’s second memoir pulls no punches against the cult of Modernism
Wheesht Spa
The Guardian would prefer it if women kept their mouths shut
Dutch courage
Christopher Silvester on a war movie with no rousing patriotic music or violence, but nevertheless filled with unexpected delights and discoveries