EU
Euro Soap Opera
Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Trichet recently attended a premiere of Tannhauser in Bayreuth but their own lives are more like an operatic melodrama
Euro Moan
As another Eurocrisis erupts, Daisy Waugh hears that we should get out. But of what, exactly?
A Turkish Delight
Book review of Turkey: A Short History by Norman Stone
A Hungarian Democrat Takes on the Old Guard
After last year’s landslide, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been attacked across Europe for his new media law. But is the criticism fair?
Politics of Self-interest
‘The British political class has been bribed. Too many members have taken decisions for the greater good of themselves and their chums’
Peace Process Platitudes
‘Achieving peace in the Middle East is everyone’s pet project. It’s a sure-fire way to gain immortal fame for otherwise colourless politicians’
Kneejerk Responses
‘As de Gucht has proved, if anyone is being irrational about the Middle East, it’s not the Jews, it’s the EU’
Britain’s Chance to Reinvent Europe
The EU is in decline, but with a pragmatic approach it can reshape itself on the Anglo-Saxon model
ONLINE Only: Why Pick on Israel, Mr Cameron?
Britain should support Turkey’s European ambition. Criticising Israel’s policy on Gaza is not the way to do it
Auf Wiedersehen, Euro
‘The interests of Germany and Europe are the same: Germany should leave the euro’
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal