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Goodbye To Russia by Sarah Rainsford – Review
By Barney Bardsley The beginning of Sarah Rainsford’s story is not on page one of this book, but on page ... -
Putin and the Return of History by Martin Sixsmith, with Daniel Sixsmith – Review
By Barney Bardsley Hard to forget the euphoria of November 1989: the fall of the Berlin Wall; the collapse of ... -
The Picnic by Matthew Longo – Review
By Barney Bardsley For those old enough to remember it, the fall of the Berlin Wall must count as one ... -
The White House Plumbers by Egil and Matthew Krogh – Review
By Karl Honsey As someone who has taken an interest in all things Watergate for many years now, this book, ... -
The Prime Minister’s Affair by Andrew Williams – Review
By Sandra Callard So tightly written it almost runs away with itself, and subsequently, the reader, The Prime Minister’s Affair ... -
Chums by Simon Kuper – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten pages into this insider/outsider critique of the current Conservative leadership and I was looking up ‘tumbrils’ ... -
Breaking the News edited by Jackie Harrison & Luke McKernan – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten years ago, working as a university lecturer, I set up a 12-week module called The History ... -
Sophia Elizabeth Lawrence: Ripon’s ‘Uncontrollable’ Political Operator
By Nan Sloane The 1832 Great Reform Act is generally seen as a landmark event in British history, the point ... -
Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is a book about the body: our first and most important home, and the site of ... -
The Revenge of the Real by Benjamin H. Bratton – Review
By Alex Mair For over 40-years there has been one economic consensus in the West; deregulate, privatise, shrink the size ... -
Falling Down by Phil Burton-Cartledge – Review
By Alex Mair The Tory party is arguably the most successful political party on Earth. Founded in 1834, it is ... -
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera – Review
By Jeff Halden This book’s sub-title is ‘How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain’, and it’s Sanghera’s argument in this fascinating ...
