In sickness and in power: the lessons from Anthony Eden’s illness during the Suez crisis
As Boris Johnson recuperates from Covid-19, we should revisit how the government acted during a previous PM’s absence.
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Adrian Smith
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The errors and omissions of Winston Churchill film Darkest Hour
The movie looks terrific and has an air of authenticity, yet it plays fast and loose with the truth.
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I worked as a teacher – so I can tell you how regressive grammar schools are
The grammars and "comprehensives" of Kent make for an unequal system. So why does Theresa May consider the county…
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Keith Douglas: soldier-poet of the desert and the Second World War
In exposing the unchivalric side of WWII, Keith Douglas was the heir to Siegfried Sassoon.
ByWhat would Britain look like if Hitler had been our friend?
In Sansom’s humbled nation, the Labour leadership had scorned Hitler’s supposedly generous treatment of Britain and her empire, denouncing…
ByNorman Mackenzie: Editor, teacher, writer . . . spy?
Remembering the former NS staffer, who died on 18 June.
ByThe secret life of Clifford Sharp
Meet the first editor of the New Statesman.
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