The British Empire was never quite what you thought: John Darwin’s Unfinished Empire
Nearly 10 years ago, a dear friend of mine was addressing a gathering of Ugandan MPs in the Parliament building in Kampala (around the 40th
Nearly 10 years ago, a dear friend of mine was addressing a gathering of Ugandan MPs in the Parliament building in Kampala (around the 40th
It is a truism to say that the media is influential in politics. But there is no doubting that its power to mesmerize and acclimatize
If there is a point to Barack Obama becoming US President – and let’s face it, how can we ever reduce anyone’s life to having
I have been waiting for years for someone to write this book. And so I’m hugely grateful to Tim Keller. He’s clearly the man for
Just been leafing through the latest Tate magazine – one of my favourite bits is the regular feature MicroTate where people from different walks of
Slavery is a fraught subject – and for too many, it’s no historical artefact or long-gone curiosity. Its effects are still pervasive. Furthermore, it’s not
Yet more from Holmes’ Age of Wonder. This time the focus is the new-found fascination with flight, as provided by hot air balloons. For the first
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To ACT JUSTLY and to LOVE MERCY and
Well, what’s the point of having a blog if you can’t be ruthlessly self-promoting. So I’m now going to be ruthlessly self-promoting. Just out is
Well, it wasn’t all fun, fun, fun – there was some work as well – but it was full of joy. We all met at
This is an edited version of an article i wrote about Naomi Klein’s brilliant No Logo, which came out in 2000. I have to say