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I have stood at the very spot where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot by Gavrilo Princip 100 years ago. And the
This is a great year for conspiracists – from the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy to the constant dribble (and occasional torrent)
Well, to all my American friends and family, Happy 4th July. I wish you a great day of celebration and fun. That is always a
It has its gainsayers (eg Steven Poole is pretty disparaging, though unfairly in my view) but George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (the whole
I have just finished Kofi Annan’s fascinating memoir Interventions. Annan is clearly a man of great stature and influence, who strained every sinew to bring
I guess this book will initially appeal only to politics junkies and West Wing devotees (which is probably why I read it). But I suspect
The presenting issue behind the article was the hysteria whipped up against Obama’s healthcare proposals in the US – something which those of us with
The last New Yorker of September was the annual cartoon edition – with some genuine chuckle-worthy moments. Many of them pick up on the rigours and
One of power’s cruel ironies is that after craving it for years, its attainment brings a deeply bitter (if addictive) taste. At the heart of
Just read a spine-chiller in the latest New Yorker about PACs, SuperPACs and the growth industry that is behind political attack ads. Jane Mayer’s Attack
It just so happened that on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, we had come to the second instalment off our romp through Revelation. And it
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