David Evanier
David Evanier is the author of ten books and a former senior editor of the Paris Review. He received the Aga Khan Fiction Prize and his work has appeared in Best American Short Stories
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners