VJ Day taught us the fragility of peace
Victory over Japan Day – VJ Day – falls today, 15 August being the day in 1945 that Emperor Hirohito…
How did the Enola Gay’s crew live with bombing Hiroshima?
Eighty years on, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima continues to provoke fierce debate, reflection, and deep moral inquiry. How did…
When Stalin was the lesser of two evils
Churchill detested Stalin, but Britain and the US needed his help against an even worse enemy. Giles Milton reveals the true nature of the Big Three’s dysfunctional relationship
Putin is resurrecting Russia’s ‘iron rogues’
A year before Russia launched its brutal campaign to subjugate Ukraine, I visited a wintry Moscow. It was striking to…
Putin’s obsession with Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’ could be his downfall
Ukrainian and Russian forces have been locked in either dogged stalemate or vicious urban fighting for towns and cities in…
A phoenix from the ashes
‘Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.’ Albert Einstein’s deft avoidance of the question put to…
Coventry is wrong to cut ties with Volgograd
The faded mural on the streets of Coventry is meant to represent an unbreakable bond between itself and Russia. Volgograd twinned…
