Josh White / 23 Jan 2023
Guilty as Charged
Nigel Farage’s Legacy
Brexit will turn three on the last day of January, over six years since the 2016 referendum kickstarted Britain’s race to the bottom.(...)
EU
Josh White / 10 Jan 2023
The Gender-Capital Complex
Platforming Andrew Tate
Before his arrest, Andrew Tate was just another influencer with bad politics.(...)
Nathan Akehurst / 30 Sep 2022
Mussolini’s Ghost
The Italian Future Past
Four days before Mussolini’s ghost came back, a friend and I raced through the high-walled alleys of Venice in dazzling afternoon sunshine.(...)
John Foster / 24 Sep 2022
Can’t Forget Fascism
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
If the spin is correct, Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s election already.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 20 Apr 2022
First Impressions Last Forever
Dining With Marine Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron’s stump speech in Strasbourg last week was a blast from the past.(...)
John Foster / 01 Apr 2022
The Post-Soviet Future
Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge, by Christopher Smith
If the war in Ukraine has taught us anything, it’s that really good henchman are hard to find.(...)
Joel Schalit / 25 Jan 2022
Tremors of War
Holocaust Memorial Day in Torino
It’s an awkward sort of honour. But Torino always has the best Holocaust Memorial Day billboards. (...)
Josh White / 29 Nov 2021
Drowning in Hatred
Britain’s Immigration Debate
Borders bring almost as much insecurity as security.(...)
Ruslan Trad / 22 Nov 2021
New Regime Needed
Bulgaria’s COVID Crisis
One would think that the political crisis, the lack of government, and the third consecutive parliamentary election in a year are hard enough situations for Bulgaria.(...)
John Foster / 01 Oct 2021
The Market or Else
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, by Adam Tooze
In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, Adam Tooze cites a fund manager’s assessment of the difficulties facing traders when the pandemic blew up in March 2020:(...)