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Ministry of the living dead

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:38:24 GMT

In elections over the past century, Labour could with some justice cry �We were cheated!� or �We were betrayed!�. But the party has run out of excuses. This time, it is dying by its own hands

Never criticise the family

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:48:16 GMT

Zionism is one of the most contentious ideas, freighted with emotion by both partisans and detractors. Now some Jews are speaking out, breaking a long self-censorship

Still strung out

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:40 GMT

Doping scandals continue to tarnish the glory of cycling's top event - the Tour de France. A book by a disillusioned fan examines the sport's hard-to-kick drug habit

Decline and fall

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Our Culture, What's Left of It: the mandarins and the masses Theodore Dalrymple Ivan R Dee, 356pp, �18.99 ISBN 1566636434

A state like no other. Israel, once seen as a refuge, has become one of the few places where Jews are attacked simply for being Jews. Geoffrey Wheatcroft on the troubled history of a homeland

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Jacob's Gift: a journey into the heart of belonging Jonathan Freedland Hamish Hamilton, 395pp, �16.99 ISBN 0241142431 The Question of Zion Jacqueline Rose Princeton University Press, 208pp, �12.95 The Return of Anti-Semitism Gabriel Schoenfeld Politico's, 186pp, �14.99

A man of the century. Martin Amis wrote about him with devotion; to Gore Vidal, he was the best critic of "the living novel". Geoffrey Wheatcroft on one of literature's finest all-rounders

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT

V S Pritchett: a working life Jeremy Treglown Chatto & Windus, 308pp, �25 ISBN 070117322X

The sum of his books. Edward Said denounced V S Naipaul as a "native informer", and even his warmest admirers have struggled to defend his recent inflammatory utterances. But surely no one can deny that he is one of the world's greatest writers, argues Geoffrey wheatcroft

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Literary Occasions: essays by V S Naipaul Introduced and edited by Pankaj Mishra Picador, 204pp, �16.99 ISBN 0330420224

The supreme German. Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Albert Speer, a man without moral conviction or ideology, who should have hanged at Nuremberg

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 05 Nov 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Speer: the final verdict Joachim Fest, translated by Ewald Osers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 427pp, �20 ISBN 0297646168

Who killed Dr Glock? "Archaeology is not a science, it is a vendetta." Geoffrey Wheatcroft on the assassination of an American who became caught up in the land disputes of the Middle East

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 06 Aug 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Palestine Twilight: the murder of Dr Albert Glock and the archaeology of the Holy Land Edward Fox HarperCollins, 283pp, �19.99 ISBN 0002556073

The New Statesman Essay - The press and the swinish multitude

Geoffrey Wheatcroft — Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Can those who look down on the popular papers really call themselves the workers' friends?