The Whig interpretation of Europe
Roderick Beaton’s spirited history of the Continent cannot square its idealism with the bloody story that it tells
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Surviving forced labour in wartime Berlin
Ian Buruma’s account of his father’s years in a German factory accounts department is moving but limited in scope
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The Rasputin legend
He dazzled the tsar and tsarina with his virile charisma. But, as Antony Beevor shows, he also inspired their demise
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Don’t let Britain decline
The Fourth Great Disruption is here
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Labour’s original sinner
The Party is still reliving the story of Ramsay MacDonald
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Churchill knew the relationship was never special
Eighty years ago, a prime minister faced a a fickle president – and a shifting global order
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The violence at the heart of the CCP
Frank Dikötter charts the rise of Chinese communism through its brutality. But does he undervalue the role of ideas?
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The Jews who critique Israel
There is another tradition of Jewish thought, one which dissents from the world-view of modern Israel
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