Peter Neville

The Dirty A-word: Appeasement

Peter Neville says that Bush and Blair failed to draw the proper lessons from Munich 1938 when they raised the spectre of Chamberlain and appeasement to justify their war against Saddam.

Published March 13 2006

The Man Who Shouted at Hitler: Sir Nevile Henderson in Berlin

In the first of our new series of brief biographical sketches, Peter Neville defends Britain's ambassador in Berlin during the years before the Second World War.

Published February 28 2003

The Origins and Development of Irish Republicanism

Peter Neville surveys the growth of republicanism in Ireland to the present day.

Published August 21 2001

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.