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Paul Johnson

A Modest Man With A Lot To Be Immodest About
Clement Attlee led an exemplary life, and was the smooth-running machine at heart of the wartime government, but was never remotely vainglorious
Paul Johnson

Sinister March Of The Tall Fellow
A new biography of Eamon de Valera, one of the most important and mysterious figures in Irish history
Paul Johnson

Margaret Thatcher Versus The Intellectuals
The first female PM faced unprecedented vitriol from snobbish cultural bureaucrats
Paul Johnson

When Francis Was Still Jorge
Cardinal Bergoglio's road to the Vatican
Paul Johnson

The Cold Warrior Who Enjoys The Fight
Henry Kissinger was often compared to Machiavelli but Niall Ferguson shows he was, at heart, an idealist
Paul Johnson

The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
Paul Johnson

Giant Of The Valleys
The nobility of Nye Bevan
Paul Johnson

Is Boris a Churchill or a Lloyd George?
Boris seems to subconsciously avoid the subject of Lloyd George, though he shares more in common with him
Paul Johnson

Triumph of the Will
A new work brings into striking contrast the personalities of Stalin himself and the other members of the Soviet elite in his time
Paul Johnson

The Age of the Warrior Poet
It is a remarkable fact that WW1 produced a distinctive brand of poetry, and poets, and WW2 nothing comparable
Paul Johnson

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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