The truth and sanity of american history

Why there is no effective rationale for free speech

Every news bulletin brings more breathtaking brutishness from the Trump administration. One day it’s “disappearing” immigrants; another, disdaining court orders. On yet another it might be pardoning t

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Our pick of the latest military history books

On the evening of 7th May 2025, three New York Police Department (NYPD) helicopters were hovering over Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus in upper Manhattan. Police vans arrived soon aft

The politics of memory in postwar Germany