Do You Exist?
The nightmarish power of the Soviet passport.
Reviews
What Chips did Next
A ringside seat to British domestic politics, from Chamberlain’s meeting with Hitler in October 1938 to the fall of Mussolini in July 1943.
Before the Taliban
Reporting from the frontlines of the mujahideen war against the Soviet Union.
East Meets West
The historical currents that have shaped modern Central Asia.
Missions and Misunderstandings
A tale of two translators, caught between civilisations.
Absolute Legend
Hunting in the archives for the ‘real’ Robin Hood.
‘I Embrace You With All My Revolutionary Fervor: Letters 1947-1967’ by Che Guevara review
I Embrace You With All My Revolutionary Fervor: Letters 1947-1967 by Che Guevara collects the deft epistolary prose of the self-styled prophet.
Half a Life
The remarkable adolescence of the Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen.
Escape to the Country
An Essex farm built on religious and political ideals in a war-torn world.
‘Traitor King’ by Andrew Lownie review
From gay orgies to Nazi sympathies, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie picks up the story post-Abdication.