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The death and life of Saddam’s soldier

Neal Ascherson — 1st March 2009 — Issue 156

Wendell Steavenson’s new book is remarkable for the way it grapples with the problem of evil: by letting its victims and perpetrators tell their own stories

Subject: Books & literature

Replies to David Goodhart

Neal Ascherson — 25th June 2006 — Issue 123 Free entry

Responses to David Goodhart’s Demos pamphlet from five commentators

Britain rediscovered

Neal Ascherson — 17th April 2005 — Issue 109 Free entry

The British have traditionally had a rather weak sense of identity. Politicians of the left now want to construct a more visible, inclusive national story. What should it be based on? Can it be done top down?

Subject: British society, People & populations

Henry’s fall

Neal Ascherson — 20th December 2001 — Issue 69

Henry McLeish’s resignation may help Scotland loosen its ties with Westminster

Subject: British politics, Law & government

We are all mongrels now

Neal Ascherson — 20th April 1997 — Issue 18

A new generation of Irish intellectuals is exploring the hybrid nature of Irish and British identity. Neal Ascherson finds their views appealing but politically impractical

Subject: Books & literature, British society, Europe, People & populations

When was Britain?

Neal Ascherson — 20th May 1996 — Issue 8 Free entry

The assertion of national identities within the United Kingdom has left Britain in an identity muddle. Englishness, stripped of Britishness, has acquired illiberal connotations. But Neal Ascherson hopes that a benign English identity can now “come out”-within a European embrace

Subject: British society