Conrad Black

Another stupid, redundant, dismal Canadian election

22 September 2021 7:08 am

Canada has just surpassed even its own previous records for absurd and boring elections yielding predictable and dreary results. Almost…

trump

Trump’s story is still not over

26 November 2020 4:00 am

The triumphant ululations of the almost unanimous Trump-hating media of America and much of the world did not clarify the…

remarkable

Donald Trump’s remarkable victory

4 November 2020 10:46 pm

Despite the suspension of vote-counting in Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin, President Trump leads in all of those…

democrats

Their rantings betray them

28 September 2020 4:47 am

The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…

If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown

4 July 2020 9:00 am

If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown

joe biden

The Biden factor is difficult to calculate

17 June 2020 1:18 am

The final stage of the election campaign and its result will depend on four factors: management of the balance between…

changes come covid

The changes to come in the post-COVID world order

29 April 2020 12:58 am

The Democrats are taking their stand on the coronavirus crisis in an untenable position. It is like building a defensive…

bloomberg

A bare knuckles fight between Bernie, Bloomberg and Trump

26 February 2020 11:25 am

The Nevada caucuses confirm that Sen. Amy Klobuchar has clung to the ledge by her fingernails as long as she…

Metternich gets a makeover

21 February 2020 10:00 pm

This is a giant Teutonic forest of a book, to be progressed through with determination as if by seasoned infantry;…

Of course president Trump was acquitted

6 February 2020 5:59 pm

The impeachment of President Trump was unfounded in law and in fact and was never anything but a smear-job organised…

Justin Trudeau is not a racist – but he is a fool

28 September 2019 9:00 am

The election campaign was off to an unexciting start even by Canada’s standards. A well-known but fluffy incumbent, Liberal Justin…

20th-century assassins – How to be a Dictator reviewed

14 September 2019 9:00 am

Frank Dikötter has written a very lively and concise analysis of the techniques and personalities of eight 20th-century dictators: Mussolini,…

Max Hastings vs Boris Johnson: I know who I’d trust more

29 June 2019 9:00 am

Sir Max Hastings, whom I engaged as editor of the Daily Telegraph in 1986 and who stayed in that role…

A presidential pardon for my ‘miraculously shrinking crime’

25 May 2019 9:00 am

I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…

conrad black

Trump told me I got a ‘bad rap’

23 May 2019 9:14 pm

I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…

James Gillray’s ‘Maniac Ravings or Little Boney in a Strong Fit’ (published 24 May 1803). From Bonaparte and the British: Prints and Propaganda in the Age of Napoleon by Tim Clayton and Sheila O’Connell (The British Museum, £25, pp. 246, ISBN 9780714126937). The book accompanies an exhibition at the British Museum until 16 August

Man of destiny: Napoleon was always convinced he was the chosen one

16 May 2015 9:00 am

It is almost inconceivable that there could be a more densely detailed book about Napoleon than this — 800 crowded…

Conrad Black’s diary: Why I won’t join the campaign against Rob Ford

1 February 2014 9:00 am

When visiting Britain and Australia last November, I discovered that the mayor of Toronto, Robert Ford, is now the world’s…

Conrad Black’s diary: Sydney, Murdoch, Paxman and other stories

23 November 2013 9:00 am

What a pleasure it was to be back in Sydney this month after an absence of 14 years. That city…

Conrad Black’s farewell to the British press

3 August 2013 9:00 am

The astonishing level of enthusiasm over the birth of the new prince goes far beyond the pleasure that people naturally…