From bronze-age chopsticks, grain stews, the dawn of the dumpling in the C4th, and the astonishing super-abundance of rice feeding a vast population, to modern fast food in the Chinese diasp... read more
We've seen the effects of creeping populism, polarisation and prejudice in the US. All three are now present and powerful in Britain, fanned and misused for political ends. MdA decries the d... read more
Following on from his The Prime Ministers, here is a series of essays on all 46 presidents of the USA by various academics, journalists, politicians and historians.