No Laughing Matter
/In Timur Vermes’s bestselling novel, newly translated from the German, it’s 2011, the Führer is back, and he’s not happy at how the world has changed. Is it OK to find that funny?
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Bloodlands
/A stark and powerful account of the killing regimes of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia - and of the blood-soaked stretch of middle Europe where those regimes did their work.
Read MoreA Jester During the Third Reich
/Irmgard Keun depicted exceptionally naive women and seemed even to play the the role herself, even suing The Gestapo for banning her books. But was there a strategy behind playing dumb?
Read MoreEdward the Last
/When he was Prince of Wales, he was the nation's darling, but when Edward VIII came to the throne, he became the greatest threat the monarchy had ever faced.
Read MoreA Very Narrow Area
/A pivotal part of the Second World War was fought not on land or sea but under the waves - and a new history attributes heroism to both sides.
Read More“He had become my Tarzan”
/Tarzan is one of the most popular fictional creations in modern times. Does the Ape Man define something essential in the human experience - or do we keep redefining Tarzan to suit our ever-changing needs?
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