Dick Tregaskis was a legendary American war correspondent who covered the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam. When he was just 26 years old, he accompanied Marines who landed on the island of…Read more…
Review: Guadalcanal Diary, by Richard Tregaskis
Dick Tregaskis was a legendary American war correspondent who covered the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam. When he was just 26 years old, he accompanied Marines who landed on the island of…Read more…
Review: Operation Mincemeat, by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is a brilliant storyteller – and this is a brilliant story. The story is a relatively simple one: With an Allied invasion of Sicily imminent in 1943, the British decided to…Read more…
Review: Operation Mincemeat, by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is a brilliant storyteller – and this is a brilliant story. The story is a relatively simple one: With an Allied invasion of Sicily imminent in 1943, the British decided to…Read more…
For Lithuania’s workers, enough is finally enough
When the Soviet Union came crashing down three decades ago, among the very first republics to declare independence were the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This made sense…Read more…
For Lithuania’s workers, enough is finally enough
When the Soviet Union came crashing down three decades ago, among the very first republics to declare independence were the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This made sense…Read more…
Bernie Sanders is wrong about Ukraine
A few days ago the Guardian ran an article by Bernie Sanders entitled “We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine.” He’s certainly right about that – no…Read more…
Bernie Sanders is wrong about Ukraine
A few days ago the Guardian ran an article by Bernie Sanders entitled “We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine.” He’s certainly right about that – no…Read more…
Review: The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life, by David Robson
Science journalist David Robson makes something very clear early on in this book: this is NOT going to be one of those books (like Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling The Secret) that insists you can…Read more…
Review: The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life, by David Robson
Science journalist David Robson makes something very clear early on in this book: this is NOT going to be one of those books (like Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling The Secret) that insists you can…Read more…
Joe Rogan, Neil Young and Me
Let me start by declaring my ignorance. I never heard of Joe Rogan until a few weeks ago. When Neil Young recently announced that he was pulling all his music off Spotify, I took an…Read more…
Joe Rogan, Neil Young and Me
Let me start by declaring my ignorance. I never heard of Joe Rogan until a few weeks ago. When Neil Young recently announced that he was pulling all his music off Spotify, I took an…Read more…
Review: Guilty Men, by ‘Cato’
Every time I think that the news is awful, that things cannot be worse, I try to imagine what it was like in the spring of 1940. The Germans took basically all of western Europe…Read more…
Review: Guilty Men, by ‘Cato’
Every time I think that the news is awful, that things cannot be worse, I try to imagine what it was like in the spring of 1940. The Germans took basically all of western Europe…Read more…
Cambodia: Union busting sparks world-wide outrage
Chutzpah. There is no other word to describe the actions of the Naga World company, which runs hotel casinos in Cambodia. In a recent statement, the company boasted of its pro-union credentials:…Read more…
From Munich to Geneva
This week I wasted two hours of my life on a terrible new film called “Munich: The Edge of War.” It is based on a best-selling novel by Robert Harris. Now the problem with Robert…Read more…
Review: Kronstadt, 1921, by Paul Avrich
It’s been a half century since Paul Avrich’s definitive history of the Kronstadt mutiny first appeared — and a full century since the revolt itself. Others have written about how…Read more…
How the Democrats are paving the way for Trump’s return
No one is working harder to get Donald Trump back into the White House than the leadership of the Democratic Party. Preventing Trump from winning the 2024 elections would seem to be a top priority…Read more…
The real “Money Heist”
The hit Netflix series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) tells the story of two spectacular robberies. One involved the seizure and occupation of the Spanish Mint (where paper currency is printed). The…Read more…
Review: Dolphin Junction, by Mick Herron
While we wait for the next Slough House novel to come out (on 12 May, but who’s counting) and for the Apple TV series based on that those characters (no release date yet), along comes…Read more…