As a result of President Erdogan’s embrace of two interlinked geopolitical concepts, ‘Strategic Depth’ and ‘Blue Homeland’, Turkey faces international isolation. Read by Leighton Pugh.
To argue that Margaret Thatcher attacked the post-war dream is to caricature, not illuminate, her importance to British history. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Thucydides saw plague as an opportunity to improve the health of society. But history shows that pandemics have a way of disrupting medical and social progress. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Niall Ferguson on how pandemics, and other disasters, shape human history.
Amid the tumult of the 1970s, it appeared the traditional country house had gone into irreversible decline – but it was too early to write it off. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Iain Martin is joined by Adrian Wooldridge and Daniel Markovits to discuss the crisis of opportunity and self-reinforcing elites.
The Covid-19 crisis has accentuated all the geopolitical fault lines of the past decade. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Catherine Ostler on the 18th-century Duchess who scandalised a nation.
The constitutional order is changing as citizens become alienated and demand more say. Americans must take care that their habits of law are not swept away. Read by Leighton Pugh.
London’s response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, City and parish. Read by Leighton Pugh.
The films of John Hughes updated the American Dream for a new generation, and his complex legacy helps us understand what went so wrong. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Margaret MacMillan on how conflict has shaped human politics, society and psychology.
The Romans have so much to teach us about what it means to live in a society in crisis. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We’ll need wise leaders to navigate what comes next. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China’s spectacular rise in the new millennium.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Preston, author of ‘The Dig’, on his new biography of media baron Robert Maxwell.
Iain Martin with guests Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Joseph Nye, Karin von Hippel and Tom McTague on the foreign policy challenge facing the Biden administration.
Mattias Hessérus in conversation with John Ferris, the historian ‘behind the enigma’ of Britain’s signals intelligence agency.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Fredrik Logevall – author of the new, landmark work on the making of JFK.
Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the Covid crisis and the long-term impact that it might have on the development of the West.
In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept politician? And was he as immoral as is often claimed?
As a result of President Erdogan’s embrace of two interlinked geopolitical concepts, ‘Strategic Depth’ and ‘Blue Homeland’, Turkey faces international isolation. Read by Leighton Pugh.
To argue that Margaret Thatcher attacked the post-war dream is to caricature, not illuminate, her importance to British history. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Thucydides saw plague as an opportunity to improve the health of society. But history shows that pandemics have a way of disrupting medical and social progress. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Niall Ferguson on how pandemics, and other disasters, shape human history.
Amid the tumult of the 1970s, it appeared the traditional country house had gone into irreversible decline – but it was too early to write it off. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Iain Martin is joined by Adrian Wooldridge and Daniel Markovits to discuss the crisis of opportunity and self-reinforcing elites.
The Covid-19 crisis has accentuated all the geopolitical fault lines of the past decade. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Catherine Ostler on the 18th-century Duchess who scandalised a nation.
The constitutional order is changing as citizens become alienated and demand more say. Americans must take care that their habits of law are not swept away. Read by Leighton Pugh.
London’s response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, City and parish. Read by Leighton Pugh.
The films of John Hughes updated the American Dream for a new generation, and his complex legacy helps us understand what went so wrong. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Margaret MacMillan on how conflict has shaped human politics, society and psychology.
The Romans have so much to teach us about what it means to live in a society in crisis. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We’ll need wise leaders to navigate what comes next. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China’s spectacular rise in the new millennium.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Preston, author of ‘The Dig’, on his new biography of media baron Robert Maxwell.
Iain Martin with guests Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Joseph Nye, Karin von Hippel and Tom McTague on the foreign policy challenge facing the Biden administration.
Mattias Hessérus in conversation with John Ferris, the historian ‘behind the enigma’ of Britain’s signals intelligence agency.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Fredrik Logevall – author of the new, landmark work on the making of JFK.
Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the Covid crisis and the long-term impact that it might have on the development of the West.
In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept politician? And was he as immoral as is often claimed?
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