In conversation with Gideon Rachman...

& another with Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Rana Mitter & Anand Menon

History of the Present (30 days ending 22 November 2025)

A beautiful Abraham Ortelius 1595 map of ‘Celtic’ Europe, imagining a vast forest stretching all the way east to ‘Sarmatia’. (Author’s photo, from my study wall.)

I’ve been rather quiet on this platform because I’m working to finish a new book, a very short introduction to Europe. But I thought you’…