‘people are sick, traumatised, and the city has lost control’

My Berlin probably peaked on 9th November 2014. In a spacious borrowed flat in Mitte, not far from trendy Arkonaplatz, I had countersigned a passport application for a baby just born to friends: Briti

Without trust, things fall apart. And in these polarised times, there isn’t very much of it around. Trust helps communities flourish, it’s vital for strong relationships and without it, institutions –

A great upheaval is under way. Who will inherit the Earth? Late in life, the 18th-century French liberal thinker Abbé Sieyès was asked what he had done during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.

Council of Europe head Alain Berset tells Newsweek that stability and the rule of law are in peril

Daniel Johnson worries that an illiberal America and a war-torn, world-weary Europe are failing to champion our Western civilisational values of liberty, democracy and the rule of law

D.H. ROBINSON Millennial “progressive” politics have failed. They have worsened our country and undermined democracy itself