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History
Why good books could not deter bad leaders
Some of the world’s worst dictators, including Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler, loved great literature. But it did nothing to improve their minds
Daniel Kalder
Features
History
Amritsar: beginning of the end of Empire
The true casualty figures are still hotly disputed 100 years after the Punjab massacre, but its real legacy was the slow death of the Raj
Zareer Masani
Features
History
India
Veni, Vidi, Vinum
The Romans had a tendency towards alarming additives in their drinks
Saintsbury
History
Wine
Royal Ely
A visit to Ely Cathedral perfectly encapsulates the history of England and her architecture.
Daisy Dunn
Architecture
Art
Counterpoints
History
The Church of England
The First City To Be Coventried
The Coventry raid has stuck in the collective memory for a variety of reasons
Patrick Bishop
Books
Germany
History
Magdalen’s Bad Old Days
RW "Bill" Johnson's memoir of the college is a rattling good read
Robert Fox
Architecture
Books
History
How Mervyn King Got Northern Rock Wrong
The Governor of the Bank of England ignored the lessons of history and the UK’s reputation for financial competence may never recover
Tim Congdon
Economy
Features
History
Why Palmyra Should Matter To The West
The genocidal ghouls of Isis are tearing down a precious piece of our civilisation. This is the price we pay for not standing up to barbarism
Daniel Johnson
Architecture
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The West
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
Jeffrey Meyers
Communism
Features
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Russia
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
S J D Green
Books
Communism
History
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
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A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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