Richard Kelly

Sack The Manager, Sack The Government!

Richard Kelly finds compelling links between England soccer managers and post-war political leaders

Published August 31 2000

Bookwatch: Democracy

Richard Kelly compares three books on a similar theme.

Published March 1 2000

'It's Over': The Demise of Conservatism

In an inimitable review of the last 160 years of party politics, Richard Kelley argues that the Conservative party is like a marriage that has gone wrong.

Published August 31 1999

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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.