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Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author of Yo, Blair! (Quercus) and Churchill’s Shadow (Bodley Head).

The wrong candidate

Like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden won’t defeat Donald Trump.

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Conservatives

Schubertiade: The hills are alive in Schwarzenberg

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

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Israel v Palestine: which side is the left on?

Geoffrey Wheatcroft argues that the row over Edward Said's origins echoes deeper historical question

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

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Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The wrong candidate

The Conservative art of war

The maverick of Fleet Street

The road to war in Iraq

Schubertiade: The hills are alive in Schwarzenberg

Israel v Palestine: which side is the left on?