Andrew Roberts

Shifting Attitudes on Homosexuality

Fifty years ago a British film challenged widespread views on homosexuality and helped to change the law. Andrew Roberts looks at the enduring impact of Basil Dearden’s Victim.

Published September 16 2011

The Goat and the Bulldog

Andrew Roberts analyses Lord Beaverbrook's memories of Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, first published in 1973.

Published September 17 2009

Second World War: The Storm of War

The German army’s training, discipline and Blitzkrieg tactics – directed by the supremely confident Führer – swept away Polish resistance in 1939. It took the shell-shocked Allies another three years to catch up, writes Andrew Roberts.

Published August 10 2009

A Woman at Waterloo

Andrew Roberts introduces the remarkable memoir of Magdalene De Lancey, wife of Wellington’s chief of staff, who accompanied her husband on a campaign that climaxed in triumph and tragedy.

Published December 15 2008

Masters & Commanders

Andrew Roberts reflects on the often stormy relationship between Churchill and the Chiefs of Staff during the Second World War.

Published September 18 2008

George III

Published January 24 2007

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Andrew Roberts reintroduces us to Churchill’s long-delayed epic work, which was written with the assistance of a former editor of History Today.

Published April 14 2002

Salisbury The Empire Builder Who Never Was

Andrew Roberts argues that Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister most identified with imperialism at its acme, in reality saw the Empire as a mixed blessing at best.

Published September 30 1999