‘He has become a kind of global guru, public intellectual and consultant to the great. He is the ultimate geopolitical gerontocrat.’

From July 2022: Piers Brendon on Henry Kissinger.

Piers Brendon - Margaret Thatcher As I Knew Her

Piers Brendon: Margaret Thatcher As I Knew Her - Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

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‘Even setting to one side the historically neuralgic relationship with ... Ireland, Britain’s insular periphery has from at least the time of the Romans presented difficulties for authorities wishing to centralise.’

Peter Marshall on Britain's islands.

Peter Marshall - Notes from the Atlantic Archipelago

Peter Marshall: Notes from the Atlantic Archipelago - The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice Albinia

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