‘More of a fire fighter than a fire starter, Geert Wilders has been caught in the nightmare of a British establishment that can't tell the difference’

‘The decision to ban Wilders was the desperate diktat of ministers who have lost sight of the distinction between arbitrary government and the rule of law’

Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917-2008): A tribute to Ireland's greatest modern public intellectual

After derailing the Lisbon Treaty, Declan Ganley is taking the fight to Brussels

Robert Redeker has lived in hiding in France for two years. His offence? To have criticised the Prophet Muhammad

Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

The officers who tried to kill Hitler were spurred on by a deep sense of shame and guilt

‘Turkey's membership would mean a European Union bordering on Iraq and Syria’

Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East

Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West by Lawrence Rees