John Foster / 01 Apr 2022
The Post-Soviet Future
Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge, by Christopher Smith
If the war in Ukraine has taught us anything, it’s that really good henchman are hard to find.(...)
history
John Foster / 15 Oct 2021
More Than a Nostalgia Exercise
Two Books About Punk and Politics
Ronald Reagan was elected to a second term as America’s president in November 1984.(...)
John Foster / 24 Jan 2020
Remembrance Culture
Hope Harrison’s After the Berlin Wall
Memory is one of the most important elements of modern societies. Nowhere has its centrality been so fully illustrated than in Germany.(...)
Heather McRobie / 06 Dec 2019
Returning the Past
The Manchester Museum Makes Amends
It was long overdue. But the repatriation of Aboriginal Australian artefacts from the Manchester Museum is a significant step forward in redressing Britain’s violent past. (...)
John Foster / 26 Apr 2019
The Way We Were
Britain At War
Long ago, while earning a library science degree, I worked as a manuscripts processing archivist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I handled letters and materials from the 17th century to the present.(...)