Hitler
Eichmann’s phoney banality
Stangneth’s clear-eyed work spells out the genesis and “logic” of Holocaust denial in all its macabre absurdity
Donnish Spy Games
A valuable – though not objective – historical record
Anglo-German Attitudes
“It is perhaps best to see the British and the Germans as an odd couple with a tendency to lurch from throwing dishes to mutual admiration.”
Caught in the Trap of His Own Metaphysics
Though intensely critical of “vulgar” Nazism, Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks reveal a vision poisoned by romantic nationalism
Who Set Fire to the Reichstag?
In Burning the Reichstag, Benjamin Carter Hett uncovers new evidence suggesting it could have been the Nazis all along
The Long Shadow Over Bayreuth
As long as his family still runs the Wagner festival, it will remain tainted by its links with the Nazis
Qaradawi, Quilliam and Bob Pitt
Bob Pitt, who runs the Islamophobia Watch blog, has attacked the Quilliam Foundation for their criticism of Islamist ideologue, Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
The Relevance of Godwin’s Law
Godwin’s justly celebrated law states that as an online debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Nazis or Hitler approaches one. Anyone who engages in reductio ad Hitlerum instantly loses the argument because he or she begs questions and makes false comparisons.
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past