How Churchill’s art saved the West
Real history has a habit of confusing those who go to it for comfort or outrage, for simple fairy tales or neat moral fables. From 1928 until the Seventies, Irish…
American hawks are drunk on power
In 2002, when the Israeli government caught wind of America’s intention to invade Iraq, it protested. The real enemy in the Middle East, the Israelis insisted, was Iran. Their arguments…
Elon Musk’s British fever dream
In November 2014, several hundred protesters marched through London’s West End before gathering in front of the old US embassy on Grosvenor Square. They were there to vent anger at…
The joy of Jilly Cooper’s naked snobbery
There’s a form of therapy for dementia sufferers which immerses them in a comfortingly familiar Fifties town, complete with retro-style diner, vintage department store, and bowling alley. Rivals functions a…