Twin terrors
Laurence Rees tries his best to cut through much of the mythology that infuses our collective memory of Hitler and Stalin
Quality not quantity
Those who call Kubrick the greatest director in the history of cinema really do have a point
The great communicator
Barack Obama was a political superstar who overcame astronomical odds, but he was also the product of a ruthlessly professional operation
Can we reverse the “long march”?
‘After a long time people are finally beginning to wake up to “the long march through the institutions”—the idea that left-wing “progressives” have to
The Great Trump War: Round Two
‘Despite unprecedented harassments, President Trump has had the most successful first term in US history except for Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard
Black and Asian Britons should not be treated as a bloc
‘People do not vote as a bloc, and ethnic or racial groups—and often individuals within these groups—contain a multitude of political opinions’
A pandemic diary
'My concentration seems to be shot this year for anything except work. I have entirely failed to learn a new language, finish a novel,
Defence against the dark arts
“There’s something enticing about a belief that great men are in command of history. It is easier, perhaps, to deal with that than to