Savvy, determined and droll, Barnes has travelled all over the former USSR since the invasion of Ukraine. This is a remarkable account of these varied territories.
Her year in China in 1924 has hitherto been not simply mysterious but invoked by the British Establishment as proof of Wallis's immoral character. This serious book by the author of Midnight... read more
It stands to reason that the Japanese would have haiku-length seasons, unlike our monolithic four... Thanks to Parikian, a conductor, writer and "atrocious birdwatcher" (his words), these de... read more
1989 will forever be celebrated for the demolition of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Yet, in grisly opposition to such optimism, six thousand miles of fence and barrie... read more
The author of the hugely successful 'Prisoners of Geography' looks back to the shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s where, as a journalist, he witnessed events as they unfolded.