Tommy Lascelles
Freedom to expose
Do historians and biographers have a moral right to be shown classified documents?
Unfixing Parliament
The governent’s attempt to regain the right to call an election is problematic
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
