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When the Grand Design met ‘le Grand Non’: Britain in the early 1960s

31 August 2019 9:00 am

Peter Hennessy is a national treasure. He is driven by a romantic, almost sensual, fascination with British history, culture, and…

What Jackie did after JFK was assassinated

23 November 2013 9:00 am

A surfeit of anniversaries this week reminded us that on the day of President Kennedy’s assassination, C.S. Lewis (born 1898)…

Farewell to a natural born broadcaster

7 September 2013 9:00 am

‘He was a natural broadcaster,’ said Nick Higham, after the death last week of the rugby player and sports broadcaster…

The Annals of Unsolved Crime, by Edward Jay Epstein - review

27 July 2013 9:00 am

Edward Jay Epstein is an American investigative journalist, now in his late seventies, who has spent at least half a…