North America
New York: A ‘Post-racial’ American vs an Old Coot
‘The Obama campaign will be touted as “historic,” and how do you run against history?’
American Revolution
Barack Obama has the mood, the momentum and the money in his favour – but John McCain’s character and record could yet swing November’s presidential election for the Republicans
ONLINE ONLY: Put out More Flags
Northern Europeans are tying themselves in knots about patriotism and identity politics
ONLINE ONLY: The “Greenhawk” Moment
How the Pentagon discovered renewable energy
Anglo-American Attitudes
‘America is a looking glass in which humanity sees itself reflected and, all too often, distorted by fear, envy and resentment’
Mozart and the Mob
Despite the name, television drama The Sopranos has nothing to do with opera – or does it?
Ordeal by Greek Myth
History Lesson: A Race Odyssey by Mary Lefkowitz
Empire of the Bun
The Hamburger: A History by Josh Ozersky
John le Carré
Anti-American sarcasm has crept into his work like a cancer, eating away at its integrity
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal