Ellen Alpsten
The Leaning Tower of Dresden
In his epic novel ‘The Tower’ Uwe Tellkamp brilliantlydepicts the grotesque idiosyncrasies of the GDR’s bureaucracy
Queen of Hearts
500 years ago Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s least known wife, best-selling author and England’s most married queen was born
The Wagner Family Soap Opera Rolls On
‘The Wagner family has never let Bayreuth and the festival out if its grip — today it is still run by two of Richard’s great-granddaughters’
Thank God for a Good Education
London became a better place to live after we became involved with our local church in a quest for a good school for our sons
Dreams for their Children
The rise of Kenya’s middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities