Allen Buchler
After careers in stockbroking, finance and politics, Allen Buchler worked throughout the former Soviet Union from 1991 to 2015 on development aid programmes
Bungs, bears and barges
Two decades of extraordinary experiences in the Ukrainian capital
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious