Nikita Khrushchev
How the third world war was narrowly averted
Nuclear weapons carry a payload of cold logic: if both sides have them, neither will ever use them. But in…
General de Gaulle’s advice to the young Queen Elizabeth
There were so many ear-catching moments in Peter Hennessy’s series for Radio 4, Winds of Change, adapted from his new…
The wounded Kennedy – and the people who gave him strength
Ten years ago, a determined historian transformed our picture of John F. Kennedy. Robert Dallek had finally got his hands…
