Richard Overy
Richard Overy is a military historian. His latest book is Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Allen Lane).
Searching in vain for Hitler’s lethal edict
These two new histories of the holocaust add little to what is already known
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived