This was Curt Evans's idea. He is really Curtis J. Evans (not the theologian, at least I don't think so), author of a number of boo...

Passion For Freedom is not an organization many people know about it, which is a pity. This is what they say their aim is: What we do: ...

A few days ago I quoted from Oleg Khlevniuk's recent biography of Stalin and I propose to do so again. I am going to avoid the descript...

The House of Lords is again under attack and I intend to spend some time and several postings defending it though not defending the Prime Mi...

We now have a Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer who not only expressed great sympathy and admiration for the IRA, on which he was called o...

A referendum may sound better but plebiscite is the term I prefer and I dislike and distrust them. I accept that we are going to have one on...

Every year around this time the European Parliament announces its nominees for the Sakharov Prize, so-called because of the great scientist ...