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Georgia - Russia is more vulnerable than many think, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms

The Craftiest of Madness: The "Sci Fi" Hamlet at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford Lincoln Allison

A Sight of the Taliban - Seamus Murphy's photographs reveal more about the evil of the Taliban than a thousand newspaper editorials, argues Christie Davies: A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan - Photographs by Seamus Murphy at Asia House, London Christie Davies

What has become of the Olympics? Lincoln Allison on why the Olympics don't matter Lincoln Allison

Of Saints and Examinees: Jeremy Black on grade inflation Jeremy Black

Brendan Simms asks, couldn't James Bond be doing more in the War on Terror? For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond at the Imperial War Museum Brendan Simms

Hosting the Olympics on the cheap: Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games - Graeme Kent Harry Phibbs

An unrancourous memoir of rancourous times: A Political Suicide: The Conservatives' Voyage into the Wilderness - Norman Fowler Harry Phibbs

A Feminist Farce or a Farce About Feminism? Kenneth Minogue decides that farce is the natural genre for capturing ideology: The Female of the Species - Joanna Murray-Smith Kenneth Minogue

Israel should stop compromising with terrorism - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms

A Short History of Britain
The Slave Trade
"Scrap the BBC!": Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free
Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Crusade
The English at Table
The Politically-Correct Gospel

Warning: Immigration Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth
Wealth And Poverty: A Jewish Analysis
How to Maximise Your Expenses: Advice to new Members of the European Parliament
Butler's Dilemma: Lord Butler's Inquiry and the Re-Assessment of Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
British Anti-Americanism
Mr Blair's Messiah Politics: A story of inspired government, 1997-2007