Piers Brendon

Piers Brendon, formerly keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, is a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. His most recent book is “Edward VIII: The Uncrowned King” (Penguin)

Society

The United Kingdom lets out a long, strange, mourning sigh

Society

The uniquely irritating performance of the weather presenter

Politics

Prince Philip’s scaled-down funeral will lack the royal magic touch

Culture

Should Britain have gone to war with Stalin as well as Hitler?

Culture

How war brings out the best and the bestial in humanity

Politics

A nationalistic VE Day fails to capture the spirit of the great celebration of 1945

Politics

Johnson and Covid-19: Can human suffering have political advantages?

Culture

How Britain really coped with the war

Culture

Was bombing Dresden a war crime?

Culture

The last warrior: behind the self-made myth of Charles de Gaulle

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