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The reality of the end of the Cold War was a lot more complicated than the myths which have formed around it would suggest

A new biography of Eamon de Valera, one of the most important and mysterious figures in Irish history

"Why does a fabulously wealthy heiress marry an impecunious, if upper-crust, rampantly gay chancer who has more than a hint of the gold-digger about him?"

The Conservative election victory was surprising — but not to those on the inside of the Tory machine

Walter Kempowski has taken over Gunter Grass's title of postwar German sage

A new anthology highlights the shortfalls of contemporary outlets for short fiction