Peter J. Conradi
Another enemy within: Thatcher (and Wilson) vs the BBC
Peter J. Conradi 7 March 2015 9:00 am
In a ‘Dear Bill’ letter in Private Eye, an imaginary Denis Thatcher wrote off the BBC as a nest of…
The biography that makes Philip Larkin human again
Peter J. Conradi 23 August 2014 9:00 am
We needn’t apologise for Philip Larkin any longer, says Peter J. Conradi. His place is unmistakeably among the greats
Blonde, beautiful — and desperate to survive in Nazi France
Peter J. Conradi 16 November 2013 9:00 am
Around 200 Englishwomen lived through the German Occupation of Paris. Nicholas Shakespeare’s aunt Priscilla was one. Men in the street…
Meeting the Enemy, by Richard Van Emden; 1914, by Allan Mallinson - review
Peter J. Conradi 5 October 2013 9:00 am
The Great War was an obscene and futile conflict laying waste a generation and toppling emperors. Yet here are two…
Migration Hotspots, by Tim Harris - review
Peter J. Conradi 17 August 2013 9:00 am
Consider for a moment the plight of the willow warbler. Russian birds of this species fly between eastern Siberia and…
'Imagined Greetings: Poetic Engagements with R.S. Thomas', by David Lloyd - review
Peter J. Conradi 27 April 2013 9:00 am
There is a much reproduced image of the great Welsh poet R.S. Thomas towards the end of his life. A…
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