Review: How to Win an Information War — the Propagandist who Outwitted HitlerAs battles on air, land and sea raged across Europe during the Second World War, another battle was fought in the shadows: propaganda.Aug 11, 2024Aug 11, 2024
Review: The Fund — the Secrets Behind the World’s Largest (and Weirdest) Hedge FundNew York Times journalist Rob Copeland’s gripping book exposes the cult-like culture at Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates. Review…Aug 11, 2024Aug 11, 2024
Munich — how British newspapers reported the 1938 crisisOpinion was split on Hitler’s claims over Czechoslovakian territory (in stark contrast to views today over Ukraine)Feb 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022
Review: The English Job — Understanding Iran and Why It Distrusts Britain by Jack StrawTehran, a new espionage thriller series, has been one of the TV highlights of this strange year. With strong echoes of Homeland, it…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
From Reporting on Hitler to Reporting War: US journalists in Nazi GermanyIn February 1939, shortly before his final departure from Berlin, the journalist Rothay Reynolds was presented with a commemorative metal…Apr 12, 2017Apr 12, 2017
Review: Reporting War — how journalists covered WW2In November 1940, the veteran American foreign correspondent Ralph Barnes had a rare moment of hesitation. The New York Herald Tribune’s…Apr 10, 20171Apr 10, 20171
David Lloyd George’s visit to HitlerThe Third Reich has been in the news a lot lately. While some are drawing parallels between the 1930s and current geopolitical and economic…Mar 2, 2017Mar 2, 2017
RIP Clare Hollingworth — Whose Scoop Stunned the World(Including the all-male British press corps in Berlin)Jan 11, 2017Jan 11, 2017
How the explosive resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers broke with traditionComparing Sir Ivan’s undiplomatic decision to speak out on Brexit with Lord Vansittart, the civil service’s most ardent critic of…Jan 7, 2017Jan 7, 2017
