What young Ukrainians will learn from reading Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth’s writing about interwar Europe speaks to present-day Ukraine
Joy, fear and regret in contemporary Britain
For two and a half years, as Britain adjusted from normality to the most disorienting collective trauma of our lifetimes,…
It’s not the dark hours the insomniac dreads but the clear light of day
The insomniac may come to dread the night’s solitude, but the next day poses the greater challenge. That’s when you…
Is Jewish humour the greatest defence mechanism ever created?
If you’re Jewish, or Jew-ish, or merely subscribe to the view that Jews should be trusted to recognise anti-Semitism rather…
In a dark forest
In his mid-forties Will Ashon realised he was adrift and confused, confronted by the situation Dante described in the Divine…
For king and countryside
In July 1915 the poet Edward Thomas enlisted as a soldier with the Artists’ Rifles, even though, at the age…
