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Brendan Simms

New Statesman

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3. Cruel Britannia

3. Cruel Britannia
07.07.2026 50

New Statesman

Brendan Simms

What a state / Is Britain still Great?

London, one of John Le Carre’s characters reflects in The Night Manager, is ‘the land of make-believe power’. These lines were written in 1993,...

13.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Brendan Simms

Is Britain still Great?

London, one of John Le Carre’s characters reflects in The Night Manager, is ‘the land of make-believe power’. These lines were written in 1993,...

13.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Brendan Simms

Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?

16.01.2026 80

The Guardian

Brendan Simms

The liberal dilemma on Venezuela

07.01.2026 10

New Statesman

Brendan Simms