Max Hastings: what I wish I’d known — now I’m 80
Newspaper editor, war reporter and bestselling author, Max Hastings has just turned 80. His father brought him up to embrace … Continued
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The Kremlin always falls prey to pride and paranoia
During the 1962 Missile Crisis, on the evening of 23 October a curious episode took place in Moscow. A
CHERISHING THE WARRIOR SPIRIT CAN SEEM LIKE A LOSING BATTLE
First published in The Times on Saturday, 13 November 2021. Tomorrow the Queen will forsake her enforced rest to attend
WE NEED TO TOUGHEN UP FOR THE PAIN AHEAD
The British people must accept that coronavirus is not going away any time soon and we shall just have to
Max on Samuel Pepys’ brilliant take on the 1665 London plague
CORONAVIRUS: Max is self-isolating in Berkshire, working on his new book PEDESTAL The Fleet’s Battle To Malta 1942. You may
Professor Sir Michael Howard
Below is Max’s tribute to Britain’s foremost historian, Professor Sir Michael Howard OM, CH, MC, FBA, which he delivered on
EXPLODING THE DAMBUSTERS MYTH
There were dams; a dog with an embarrassing name; a march that everybody over 40 can hum.
We can’t get enough of ‘Happy ever after’
The seasonal surge of sentimentality prompts in adults as well as children a yearning for happy endings,
Confessions of a Reviewer
A decade ago, a publisher produced a set of short biographies of Britain’s 20th century prime ministers, which I reviewed