On the trail of director Werner Herzog’s work diary, which reveals his desire to immerse himself in an adventure that could cost him his life

In August, time finally seems to be ours, but it is precisely because it is so empty that we ask ourselves: what are we doing with our lives? Between the Greek concept of kairòs and the watchful waiting of Christians, the holiday forces us to grapple with the meaning of time and with the anguish of having to bring it to a fulfilment

The need for security in contemporary societies and the very structure of political power have given rise to an era devoid of momentum and heroism

Enlightenment and bureaucratic harmony are not enough to build Europe: the dream that the EU institutions have betrayed 

The Israeli Prime Minister’s elder brother, aged just thirty, was the only casualty of the Entebbe mission. Victory as survival, in the never-ending war

On the one hand, it is as if our society were undermining the very foundations of its own structure. Yet, on the other hand, this loss of identity gives rise to that atmosphere of openness and general tolerance in which a society thrives