Churchill
Evil under the sun
Peter Parker discerns classical allusion amid the horror in two books commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign
The long goodbye
In January 1958, the British government began working on the significantly titled Operation Hope Not: its plans for what to…
An insider’s view
When Margot Asquith’s name crops up these days, it is usually in a retelling of the story about her meeting…
Diary
To Paris, for the launch of the French edition of my novel about the Dreyfus affair. As we land, I…
Letters
When the wind blows Sir: Clare Oxford’s piece (‘Gone with the wind turbines’, 12 April) is both timely and sad.…
The little dictator
No actual birth certificate for Charles Spencer Chaplin has ever been found. The actor himself drew a blank when he…
Ashes to ashes
‘I cannot describe to you what a curious note of brutality a bomb has,’ said one woman who lived through…
