Brendan Simms
Underrated: Tony Blair
The former Prime Minister, whose call for Western military intervention in Syria is consistent with his words and actions in office
ONLINE ONLY: Thatcher, Reagan and the Dictators
The Iron Lady’s record with authoritarians is mixed but her profound confidence in the democratic rights of all peoples shines through
Can We Ever Escape Him?
Book review of Hitler: A Short Biography by A.N. Wilson
Foot Soldier
Michael Foot’s inimitable character left its impression on a war-time and desperate Croatia
Angela Merkel
The German Chancellor’s stance to Iran’s mullahs is refreshingly robust
David Miliband
The British Foreign Secretary has failed to take on Iran’s mullahs
Eric Hobsbawm
Our ‘national teddy bear’ of an historian has got it wrong more times than he would like mentioned
ONLINE ONLY: Serbia Has Found Its Soul
The capture of Radovan Karadzic offers hope for the future of Serbia
Last lines: Clive James
Fans of Clive James cherished his poetry as much as his other accomplishments. This is an excerpt from Ian Shircore’s new biography, “So Brightly at the Last”, the first full-length study of the man and his muse
The BBC must be saved from itself
Our national broadcaster is on course for financial self-destruction and viewers no longer trust it to be impartial. Boris must rescue it
A hunger for the truth
A film about the the Holodomor’s exposure should prompt debate on the famine-denialist Walter Duranty