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
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports