Francis Phillips

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A Perfect Mess

Francis Phillips | 21 Feb 2007

Consoling advice is not always the best advice, especially for victims of self-imposed disorder.

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From the shadows of Stalin's Russia

Francis Phillips | 1 Feb 2007

A lost diary and a memoir of lost ancestors put flesh on tragic themes of the 20th century.

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Sacred Causes

Francis Phillips | 17 Nov 2006

A distinguished historian sheds light on the pseudo-religious character of Bolshevism, Fascism and Nazism.

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Good intentions mired in Iraqi sands

Francis Phillips | 10 Nov 2006

Why 21st Century Iraq is not like 19th Century India for the British mandarins who govern there.

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The War of the World

Francis Phillips | 6 Oct 2006

Why was the 20th Century the bloodiest of all? Historian Niall Ferguson ventures an answer.

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The Language of the Third Reich

Francis Phillips | 20 Sep 2006

There is no better handbook for detecting the decay of language under political pressure than this classic from the Nazi era.

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Islam's empire-building tradition

Francis Phillips | 31 Jul 2006

The West cannot understand Islam without grasping its historic record of trying to conquer the world for Allah, argues an expert on Middle Eastern affairs.

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Conserving our social capital

Francis Phillips | 19 Jul 2006

Philosopher Roger Scruton argues wisely for the conservation of values but fails to identify clearly how it will be possible.

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The bard of the windswept Orkneys

Francis Phillips | 30 Jun 2006

Poet and novelist George Mackay Brown lived and died on one of the most remote islands in Britain. Now he is acclaimed as a major figure.

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The Lost Men

Francis Phillips | 16 Jun 2006

How ten ordinary men sacrificed themselves for their mates in Shackleton's doomed expedition to the Antarctic.

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