Stafford Cripps

Preparing for modern warfare: Indian infantrymen c. 1940

‘Help the British anyhow’

26 March 2016 9:00 am

The sacrifices made by India on the Allies’ behalf in the second world war would profoundly affect the country’s future for better or worse, says Philip Hensher

Back-stabbing the old warrior

28 March 2015 9:00 am

Coalitions, as David Cameron has discovered, are tricky things to manage. How much more difficult, then, was it for Winston…