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Diary: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:21:27 GMT

Of all the popes I have known

The French revolution

Paul Johnson — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

In May '68, Paul Johnson, the then editor of the New Statesman, extolled Parisian student power in an impassioned article, abridged here, entitled "The new spectre haunting Europe"

America's Suez?

Paul Johnson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Taken from the New Statesman, 9 February 1968

Sex, snobbery and sadism

Paul Johnson — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The New Statesman 5 April 1958 Ian Fleming invented his hero James Bond just over 50 years ago. Agent 007 rapidly became one of the icons of his age � a suave, handsome, amoral, patriotic intelligence officer. Today�s commercial success of the new Bond film, Casino Royale, suggests he retains enormous popularity. But as the then left-wing journalist Paul Johnson argued in 1958, Bond was always little more than a crypto-fascist. Selected by Robert Taylor

Back to Anarchy

Paul Johnson — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:03:00 GMT

Taken from the New Statesman archive, 18 June 1921 This article, which gives such a strong flavour of the anger, anxiety and disillusionment caused by the twin crises of Suez and Hungary, was unsigned when it appeared, but Johnson is credited in the contributors' file. Then aged 28, he had recently returned from a spell as the New Statesman's Paris correspondent; he went on to be one of its most distinguished and flamboyant writers and was editor from 1965-70. In the 1970s he became a Conservative. Selected by Brian Cathcart

1968 - The new spectre haunting Europe

Paul Johnson — Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Obituary - Tom Baistow

Paul Johnson — Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:00:00 GMT