All Change
The century that changed London forever.
Reviews
New Year’s Revolutions
Revisiting 1949, when Mao’s new world beckoned.
More Heat and Light
The varied social, economic and institutional conditions that shaped science over more than two centuries.
‘The Light of Days’ by Judy Batalion review
Renia Kukielka, the Warsaw ghetto uprising and more in The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance by Judy Batalion.
The Power of the Pen
The writing of constitutions is a forgotten artform.
Solving the Insoluble
Was the partition of Ireland an inevitable act?
Disney Dreams
The alternative paths towards happiness and fulfilment in the postwar period.
Blow-by-Blow
The scorchingly honest assessments of the great and not-so-good that flowed from ‘Chips’ Channon’s poison pen.
‘The Happy Traitor’ by Simon Kuper review
The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia. The Extraordinary Story of George Blake unpicks the motives and damage inflicted by the double agent.
The Lives of Napoleon
The erstwhile emperor continues to attract biographers and readers alike. Laura O’Brien assesses recent work on his life and legacy.