James Elliott
Going West
Cold War geopolitical terminology is obsolete. We need new terms to reflect a changed world
Decline and Fall Guys
As Georgia licks its wounds, a morally dubious industry has sprung up to churn out books celebrating the end of American global hegemony
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