Matt Fitzpatrick

Guest writer

Matt Fitzpatrick is an associate professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, where he specialises in international history, in particular German and European history, as well as the history of European imperialism, German liberalism and nationalism.

Two police officers walk past posters on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, during the coronavirus lockdown on May 6, 2020. (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Europe on a knife edge as Covid-19 once more runs rampant

The second wave of coronavirus currently hitting Europe threatens not just public health but the social order, writes Matt Fitzpatrick.

By Matt Fitzpatrick | 3rd November, 2020