James Buchan
Articles by James Buchan
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Politics
Sad, foolish, rather disgusting
- 24 April 2000
James Buchan, having endured the Irving libel case, concludes that the defeated author, like the Mitford girls in the 1930s, sees the Nazis as funny folk
Politics
Now then, are we getting anywhere?
- 20 December 1999
New Statesman Millennium - For most of history, people thought it had been downhill all the way since the Trojan wars. Then 18th-century philosophers invented progress. James Buchan asks if this has turned out well
Politics
God's very own currency
- 19 July 1999
Suddenly, everybody is selling gold. But don't believe those who say inflation is dead. It will be back one day, and so will gold
Politics
Welcome back to the 19th century
- 02 April 1999
James Buchan predicts that stable prices, as in Victorian times, will create a fabulously rich rentier class, and a congealed society
Books
Rural queen of the Nile
- 13 November 1998
Cairo: The City Victorious Max Rodenbeck Picador, 395pp, £20
