The Dickens Dispatch

Global and hyper-local dispatches from a corner of Istanbul

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I've reported on big stories from all over the world for the last 50 years – and I'm not done yet. From rural France I still cast a rheumy eye on events, trying to make sense of what's going on while only too aware that sense is often in short supply.

Write mainly about the history and politics of Iran and occasionally about other things as they come to mind. (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/people/aa51/)

Innovative thinking about politics, business and society, with historical reflections

Ideas and commentary on historical matters and subjects associated with modern international relations, sometimes associated with my writing, and sometimes not!

Analysis and commentary on world events, current affairs and ideas from a former editor-in-chief of The Economist with a special addiction to Japan and Italy

Defence, diplomacy, intelligence, counter-terrorism, & geopolitics from a guy who survived 40 years of battlefields, summits, and press briefings, with a side hustle writing military history. Expect the odd post about the media & its coverage of that

All about post-war British politics. Written by Lee David Evans, co-presenter of the Since Attlee & Churchill podcast and Ramsden Fellow at the MEI, Queen Mary, University of London.