Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War and the Arts in the British World 1750-1850 by Holger Hoock
Profile Books, £30
Archive for May, 2010
Less can sometimes mean more when your imagination runs wild
By Richard Woulfe /Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Go to work on a Clegg
By Tribune Web Editor /Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Cartoon by Alex Hughes. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
It’s time to renew Labour, and here’s how we do it
By Jon Trickett /Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Britain needs a re-energised Labour Party to return to the fray as soon as possible
Coalition: 50% rubbish, 50% naive
By John Street /Monday, May 24th, 2010A reader on the LiberalConspiracy.org website points out a rare moment of honesty and straight-talking in the recently published coaltition agreement:
On page 36 it reads: “The material used in this publication is constituted from 50% post consumer waste and 50% virgin fibre”
Indeed.
Look north for Labour’s new leader
By Paul Routledge /Monday, May 24th, 2010The four establishment candidates for the Labour leadership – the two Eds, the two Milibands and Andy Burnham, all come from up North
It’s easier to find a Trot than a Tanky
By Cary Gee /Monday, May 24th, 2010Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service
Pan, £9.99
Emily Dickinson: how celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent
By Belinda Webb /Monday, May 24th, 2010Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds by Lyndall Gordon
Virago, £20
Trotsky review
By Tribune Web Editor /Monday, May 24th, 2010Read Cary Gee’s review of the new biography of Leon Trotsky
Tactical voting illusion was a Lib Dem delusion
By Murray Rowlands /Monday, May 24th, 2010Those who thought Nick Clegg’s party would help to usher in a new progressive era owe us an apology