The Soviet capital choked with grief: Witnessing Lenin’s funeral, Moscow 1924
On January 26th, 1924, the New York Times published Walter Duranty’s report of Lenin’s funeral, as well as an obituary of the late Soviet revolutionary leader. This post is a brief extract from my book, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin, on day the young Soviet...
Assignment Moscow: ‘History Today’ podcast
I spoke recently to Paul Lay, Editor of History Today, for an episode of the magazine’s podcast. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts from the links below, and you can read History Today‘s review of Assignment Moscow here. You can buy the book direct...
Assignment Moscow: Russia’s Story From Lenin To Putin
I outlined some of my ideas from Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin in a recent piece for The Conversation. I am republishing it here. WHAT A CONTRAST IT WAS. In early May 2000, Vladimir Putin strode through the Kremlin’s gilded corridors, his progress relayed on...
Now Out: Assignment Moscow ‘Beautifully written, fascinating throughout’
MY NEW BOOK, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin has now been published in the U.S. and the U.K. You can order copies, and read more about the book, here for the U.K, edition (here for the U.S. edition). These are the reviews so far “Reporting...