At home with mass murderers. The private photo albums of Himmler and Streicher are simultaneously bizarre and disconcertingly normal... more

In the 1920s, a dealer selling forged Van Goghs dazzled the German art scene. Was this an early symptom of Weimar's impending collapse?... more

Demagogic politicians, uncaring business titans, cunning union leaders, persistent unemployment: What would Dickens, poet of poverty, make of our own hard times?... more

In Brazil, every student studies philosophy - Plato, ethics, the will of the gods. Impressive, right? Academic philosophers don't think so... more

"Intellectuals with job security in a university carry a responsibility in troubled times," argued Tony Judt. And so he was outspoken, sometimes to a fault... more

How does a poet of despair survive in rock ʻn' roll? Ideas are the engine of Leonard Cohen's success. His ideas are old and radical and, on occasion, surprisingly persuasive... more

In Brazil, every student studies philosophy - Plato, ethics, the will of the gods. Impressive, right? Academic philosophers don't think so... more

"Intellectuals with job security in a university carry a responsibility in troubled times," argued Tony Judt. And so he was outspoken, sometimes to a fault... more

How does a poet of despair survive in rock ʻn' roll? Ideas are the engine of Leonard Cohen's success. His ideas are old and radical and, on occasion, surprisingly persuasive... more