Werner von Braun
The American who let the Nazis rebuild Germany
John McCloy freed Hitler’s favourite industrialists. Their firms still dominate the country’s economy
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Allocating blame in the name of climate change
Dwelling on the question of historical responsibility for climate change helps no one
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class