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
The real St George’s Day
The week in fragile people and fragile porcelain
Here comes trouble
Farage is going to cause huge headaches for the Tories, and may be here to stay
What Trump gets right about NATO
There needs to be a shifting in the balance of responsibility from America to Europe
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy
The day #FBPE delusions died
Europeans have shifted rightwards — and no one should be surprised
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
The police should stop wasting time on tweets
How have we reached the point where expressing your opinion can consign you to a Kafkaesque nightmare?
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing