Atwood’s childhood works reveals early glimmers of creativity
Margaret Atwood was only seven when she got her first bitter taste of literary rejection.…
Father Brown is G.K. Chesterton’s most durable creation
G.K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton was born in 1874 and died in 1936, just two weeks…
A guide to looking beyond the COVID-19 crisis
The world is going through difficult times. COVID-19 is not only testing us physically, it…
What did Germans really think of Hitler?
The question of what Germans really thought of Adolf Hitler has been kicking around for…
Margaret Thatcher and the end of apartheid
Margaret Thatcher isn’t a name most people associate with the end of South African apartheid.…
A KGB guide to subverting the press to your agenda
“I cannot but wonder why are people pushing for socialism and communism?” an elderly friend…
Adolf Hitler’s fateful mistake
Adolf Hitler began 1941 in a commanding position. He had 10 European conquests under his…
Diving into man’s complicated relationship with war
On Remembrance Day, as chance would have it, I was reading Margaret MacMillan’s latest book,…
Was Oliver Cromwell the Great Satan?
When last week’s column referred to Oliver Cromwell as the “Great Satan,” my tongue was…
Julius Caesar’s assassins paid the price
English author Peter Stothard’s latest book is called The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the…