Simon Sebag Montefiore

How my ancestor dealt with anti-Semitism

29 August 2026 9:00 am

I’m not a member of the Establishment, even though I’m writing this in what might be described as its literary…

My run-in with Stalin’s trolls

24 February 2026 6:14 am

My libel nightmare all started in a little Oslo bookshop – but amid the whirlwind of horrible scandals and atrocious…

Where is the empathy for innocent Israelis?

24 October 2023 9:39 pm

This open letter, signed by Simon Sebag Montefiore and others, was first published in the ‘Chronicle for Higher Education’. It…

Diary

15 October 2022 9:00 am

I was interested to see that amid the Byzantine intrigues of embattled Conservative panjandrums, two Spice Girls have criticised the…

I once worshipped ‘freedom fighters’ but Mugabe just looked like a teacher

25 November 2017 9:00 am

At the top of Machu Picchu last week, I saw two wide-winged condors swoop over Sacred Valley through a rainbow…