India’s iron lady

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from ...

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. But like many daughters of immigrant parents, I followed the safer path. I became a management consultant. I wore suits, talked strategy, and bu

How Stalin shaped the Soviet collective memory

This impressive book – based on an astonishingly wide-ranging reading, and written with adamantine clarity – deals far more with the critics than with capitalism. These critics fall roughly into three

The mythology of the ‘career open to talents’