Reagan

‘Liz Truss hasn’t understood a word I wrote’, says PM’s favourite author

1 October 2022 3:39 am

As I reported this summer, Liz Truss’s favourite historian is Rick Perlstein, the great chronicler of the rise of the…

Inflation is a social evil, so why don’t our leaders care?

22 June 2022 9:32 pm

It was a ‘destroyer of society’, a ‘tax on ordinary people’s savings’ and a threat to social order. You don’t…

Why Trump prevailed

19 March 2016 9:00 am

The political climate that brought about his rise is in fact a worldwide phenomenon

Gorbachev and Reagan sign the historic treaty on 8 December 1987 eliminating Soviet and Us intermediate-range and short-range nuclear missiles

The four men who averted the Apocalypse

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Robert Service’s account of the greatest turning point in modern history is unlikely to be bettered, says Sherard Cowper-Coles

Dusty Springfield at the Royal Variety Performance in 1965 (Getty).

Everything you always wanted to know about Sixties pop —and more

28 November 2015 9:00 am

It might seem an odd choice, but after reading Jon Savage’s new book, I think if I had a time…

An aura of sovereignty

23 August 2014 9:00 am

For the last 50 years Americans have been decrying the increase of presidential power whenever the party they oppose is…

Big state, big mistake

31 May 2014 9:00 am

The West must wake up and reform, or face decline