Category Archives: Britain

‘Everyone Middle East is here’: The British in Iraq

Posted on July 28, 2021 by olivercraner

The real difficulty here is that we don’t know exactly what we intend to do in this country. Can you persuade people to take your side when you are not sure in the end whether you’ll be there to take … Continue reading →

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The Queen of Condé Nast

Posted on January 1, 2021 by olivercraner

I: Condé Nasties On the surface, Anna Wintour took public humiliation well. It was easier when The Devil Wears Prada was just a book, even if it was a New York Times bestseller and progenitor of an entire literary micro-genre, the “Boss Betrayal” roman à clef. Lauren … Continue reading →

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The Letwin Amendment

Posted on March 1, 2020 by olivercraner

His political ideas are already as antiquated as Noah’s ark. I do not know a single one of the younger men in England who is influenced by them in the slightest degree, though one hears of one occasionally, just as … Continue reading →

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