Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Articles by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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Books
The Last Dance: 1936 – the Year of Change
- 24 May 2010
It started with a royal succession and ended with an abdication under the clouds of looming war. It was 1936, the “hinge” of a decade when hunger, fascism and violence rubbed up against opulence and optimism.
UK Politics
Progressives: very best of enemies
- 03 May 2010
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We shouldn’t get overexcited by talk of a revival in the leftist alliance –– not just yet. The rift between Liberal and Labour is deep and owes as much to class and culture as to differences of ideas.
UK Politics
Less nanny state, more caring mate
- 29 March 2010
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Welfare was designed to improve our lives, but hasn’t. What we need is a compromise between Fabian-style state socialism and naked Thatcherism. Enter the new era of volunteering.
Life & Society
Koestler: the Indispensable Intellectual
- 18 February 2010
Koestler’s life and death have been the stuff of lurid speculation. But, as a new biography shows, his work remains his greatest legacy.
UK Politics
Doing deals in Downing Street
- 26 November 2009
- 1 comment
Recent opinion polls have fluctuated wildly, but one thing is certain: there is still no great love for the Tories. So, how likely are we to wake up to a hung parliament after election night 2010? And what does history suggest will happen next?











