Communism
Corbyn’s Trots
Entryism plagued the Labour Party in the 1970s, and is doing so again
Will Putin’s Empire Outlast The Soviets?
In 1984, Laszlo Solymar (under a pseudonym) predicted the collapse of the USSR. Will today’s Russia suffer the same fate?
British Witnesses To Lenin’s Revolution
Five British writers were in Russia in 1917. Each one had his own story, but all were overwhelmed by the powerful tide of history
Stalin’s Man In London
The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War
Fischer’s Cuban Crisis
A lesser-known Cold War chess clash which left Bobby Fischer the worse for wear
Unhappy Birth Days
A radical French obstetrician believes modern society is the enemy of childbirth
Getting Away With Murder
A new thriller set in late-Stalinist Soviet Union has alarmed Russian authorities
Lee’s Legacy
“Lee Kuan Yew met every Chinese leader from Mao to Xi Jinping. But is China following his Singaporean model?”
Communism’s Comeback?
The West has missed an opportunity
Delenda Est?
Why must so many wars be refought?
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts