Churchill and the quest for greatness
Throughout his career, Britain’s wartime prime minister studied how other leaders – Roosevelt, Attlee, Stalin and Gandhi – exercised power.
ByThroughout his career, Britain’s wartime prime minister studied how other leaders – Roosevelt, Attlee, Stalin and Gandhi – exercised power.
ByDebates about Britain’s colonial legacy are not just a product of Brexit or woke politics – empire has always been…
ByThe historian was driven by the mystery of his brother’s death fighting with anti-fascist partisans.
ByI expend more energy planning work than doing it, but the writing routines of literary titans, from Balzac to Patricia…
ByOn both the left and the right, political radicalism has given way to cultish self-improvement.
ByWhy counterfactual history is an essential tool for understanding the present.
ByThe Iron Chancellor reshaped a continent in his image.
ByHow do we connect with the past when this impulse is often exploited by the worst people imaginable?
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