New Book, The Return of Russia: Live Events in May and June 2026
My next two live events for my new book The Return of Russia are in Derby on May 28, and in Bristol on June 4.
In Derby, I will be at the Derby book festival. My event is on Thursday 28 May at 17.30 at Landau Forte college. More details, and tickets, here . I will be signing books afterwards.
The week after, I will be at St George’s, Bristol, where I will be discussing the book as part of a ‘Philosophy Salon’, hosted by Julian Baggini, on History as a Weapon. My fellow guest will be Michael Scott-Baumann, author of Palestinians and Israelis: A Short History of Conflict. Tickets for that, and more details, here .
One idea I write about in the Return of Russia (and in my earlier book, Assignment Moscow) is Putin’s use of history in contemporary politics. We saw that again on May 9 this year, when Russia commemorated the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war. I wrote an article on the parade–much reduced in size compared to previous years, for security reasons related to the war in Ukraine–for the iPaper. You can read that here, or via the ‘My Latest Journalism’ link on this page.
My thanks to everyone who has bought the book so far, and been to my events. I look forward to meeting more readers in Derby and Bristol.
