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William Shawcross

Our Queen by Robert Hardman - review

Our Queen
by Robert Hardman
(Hutchinson, £20)

27 October 2011 10:56 AM

The victory of Coleman prison’s famous professor, Conrad Black

They had a party in Coleman prison, north Florida on June 24. The guest of honour was the prison's most famous inmate, Conrad Black, Lord Black of Coldharbour, former media mogul. The occasion was a unanimous decision by the US Supreme Court that day which called into question Black's 2008 conviction on fraud.

06 July 2010 10:38 AM

Why Tony Blair and George W Bush were right about Iraq

On Sunday the Iraqi people go to the polls in the most important election since the US and British invasion of 2003 removed Saddam Hussein. It is also probably the freest election ever in the Middle East, outside Israel.

05 March 2010 10:23 AM

The Sheild of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History

It is tempting to call Philip Bobbitt's huge magnum opus majestic. But that is only half the truth. It is also argumentative, opinionated, brilliant and will be very controversial, as he no doubt hopes. Not surprising that Sir Michael Howard, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and writer of the foreword to the book, calls it "one of the most important works on international relations published during the last 50 years". It is a triumph, though a terrifying one. As Michael Howard says, Bobbitt's vision is rather bleak.

24 June 2002 12:00 AM