Max Hastings

Mired in a Middle Eastern mess, President Donald Trump may be tempted by an opportunity for an easy win, says Max Hastings for Bloomberg Opinion.

From a clipper up the Thames to a round of golf in Hampshire, days out with our grandchildren were rewarding but bracing

Our team of literary experts picks the top factual British and Irish works since 2000, from Martin Amis and Claire Tomalin to David Baddiel and Richard Dawkins

The dominant message from Britain’s local government elections is that the extreme right Reform UK party has swept the country, gaining hundreds of council seats, while the major parliamentary parties, Labour and Conservative, are left devastated. The extreme left Green Party achieved more modest gains, but still their best result by a distance. The moderate left Liberal Democrats held their ground, though failed to make significant advances.

A hundred years ago, three million British workers downed tools — but their protest was ended after just nine days, thanks to a snake in their ranks

Antisemitism is real. But we cannot be blackmailed into silence about Netanyahu’s excesses

The smash-and-grab culture promoted by superpower leaders does not serve the best interests of their own nations, never mind those of the world.

Simon Warrack’s book Monumental tracks his lifelong dedication to the craft, which takes him from Italy to Cambodia and beyond

On June 24th 2016, following the narrow triumph of the Brexiters in the British national referendum on membership of the European Union, their standard-bearer Nigel Farage proclaimed “Independence Day… A victory for normal people.” Boris Johnson became prime minister in 2019 with the slogan “Get Brexit Done!”

A decade after Brexit, the liberty Britain voted for has come at a cost, says Max Hastings for Bloomberg Opinion.