Martin Evans

Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa

In 1963 a border dispute between Morocco and Algeria escalated into the Sand War. What began as an ideological difference between two newly independent nations soon became personal.

The Rights of France

Since the late 19th century, French politics has provided a testing ground for right-wing populism.

Britain’s First Youthquake

Teenagers were agents of change in 1960s Britain, but the birth of youth movements such as the Mods was heavily indebted to the multicultural society from which they grew.

What is French secularism?

Although it once represented the victory of anti-clerical republicanism, laïcité has come to mean something very different.

The Ben Barka Affair

After the kidnapping of Moroccan revolutionary Mehdi Ben Barka in 1965, the fingers of blame pointed in several directions. The details of what happened are still not known.

Camus: Out of North Africa

On the centenary of his birth, Martin Evans looks at the evolving legacy of the Algerian-born French writer Albert Camus