The German history wars
The former Prussian royal family’s effort to recover riches lost after the Second World War hinges on one question: did…
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AA Milne’s pacifism and patriotism
A survivor of the Somme, the man who invented Winnie-the-Pooh wrangled with his conscience in his non-fiction – trying to…
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After 150 years, the legacy of the Paris Commune continues to divide France
The uprising, long mythologised by the far left, is increasingly becoming part of the national conversation, but not without controversy.
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How Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech has been misunderstood
In his address at Fulton, Missouri, 75 years ago, Churchill played up the Soviet threat to bolster the case for…
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Consider the Oyster: why economics still has so much to learn from the natural world
From Charles Dickens to the Dasgupta report, the story of the oyster holds gritty hope for conservation.
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The renewed relevance of the Schleswig-Holstein question
Europe has always had regions in which cultural and political spheres overlap, and finding lasting solutions for them has never…
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Marc Brackett: “Emotions are the most powerful force in the workplace”
The founder of Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence explains why the feelings of employees “should haunt the sleep of every boss in…
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The Bad Statesmen
How the UK government’s failure to learn the lessons of history pushed the country deeper into crisis.
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