Victor Sebestyen
Victor Sebestyen is an historian of Eastern Europe, Russia and Communism. He tweets at @Victorsebby
When nationalism was woke
After the events of 1848, Europe was never the same again
Puncturing Putin’s dangerous myths
Everyone reveres WWII myths — but the cult of the Great Patriotic War defines modern Russia
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
The secret war of a wolf in chic clothing
Dudley Clarke had his fingers in many of the most interesting pies of covert operations in World War II
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
Burmese days: for good and ill
There was much naivety in depicting the Anglo-Burmese engagement as one of mutual enlightenment
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Children need education, not indoctrination
We need more debate on what children are being taught in RHSE
The Road to the Cass Review — (3) Sue and Marcus Evans
What went wrong at the Tavistock Centre, and why
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing