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 building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom