History

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, superbly adapted for television, is brilliant because it defies easy definition

As the world honours the last survivors of the Shoah, it is time to tell the truth about post-war UK collaboration with Nazi perpetrators

There have always been the tax-shy in Britain

For anyone interested in the founding of the American Republic this work is indispensable reading

The book is beautifully done, but it is long and feels uneven

Although at times the tone can seem ill-judged, Jon Stallworthy’s poems are full of sincere thought about war

Robert Tombs’s monumental history of the English is strengthened by how he tracks the wider developments on the Continent

Stangneth’s clear-eyed work spells out the genesis and “logic” of Holocaust denial in all its macabre absurdity

Remembering Reuben Fine, Magnus Carlsen’s greatest role model

Gunter Schabowski, whose gaffe brought down the Berlin Wall, has died aged 86. Standpoint’s editor Daniel Johnson remembers his walk-on part in the momentous events of 1989 which led to the triumph of democracy.