The Radetsky March by Joseph Roth is superb. People rave about The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, but I haven’t read it yet. (View Post)

Zweig stayed in Bath for a few months before decamping to Brazil. There’s a dusty plaque to him in a forgotten corner of the Mendips. (View Post)

David Herdson posting some sensible stuff this morning. (View Post)

Keir Starmer literally can’t afford to sign up to any spending policy, such is the state of government finances. That doesn’t make him “more left wing than Sunak”, which is a bizarre claim. Merely th… (View Post)

It would be very odd for Cleverly to be moved from the Foreign Office. He is generally thought by the commentariat to be doing a good job. It would also be a downward move. (View Post)