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Explosive testimony suggests Trump was set on a coup that evokes America’s darkest hour | Sarah Churchwell
The 6 January hearings already confirm a plan for insurrection and recall the civil war and its ‘lost cause’ aftermath
Sarah Churchwell
03, Jul, 2022 @7:30 AM

Can American democracy survive Donald Trump?
Lying, paranoia and conspiracy are defining features of a totalitarian society. What hope is there for a brand new era, in the aftermath of an administration that has relied on all three?
Sarah Churchwell
21, Nov, 2020 @9:00 AM

Impeach by Neal Katyal review – the case against Donald Trump
A US supreme court lawyer, writing with Sam Koppelman, makes a highly persuasive case for Trump’s impeachment
Sarah Churchwell
06, Dec, 2019 @7:30 AM

Trump acts as if he is above the law. The law has begun to fight back | Sarah Churchwell
Democrats waited for their moment and, when the president started to believe he was secure, they struck. Will his complacency fell him?
Sarah Churchwell
28, Sep, 2019 @6:00 PM

Paths from the past: historians make sense of Brexit and our current political turmoil
From the American Revolution to Dunkirk, the Reformation to the Weimar republic – leading historians help us understand the forces at play in our divided world
Margaret Macmillan, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Maya Jasanoff, Miles Taylor, Diarmaid Ferriter, Maryyum Mehmood, Sarah Churchwell, Richard Overy, David Kynaston and Jan-Werner Mueller
30, Mar, 2019 @9:00 AM

This is the Nancy Pelosi moment and Donald Trump should be very afraid | Sarah Churchwell
For two years the President has shown disdain for the institutions and practices of governance. Bad move. A new era has just dawned
Sarah Churchwell
06, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM

Sarah Churchwell on Madonna: ‘She remains the hero of her own story’
The academic and author on the inspiration of Madonna’s feminist legacy
Sarah Churchwell
15, Jul, 2018 @7:00 AM

How Philip Roth wrote America
Intense, exuberant, profound, Philip Roth was a towering figure of 20th-century literature. Sarah Churchwell pays tribute to the writer who died this week
Sarah Churchwell
26, May, 2018 @9:00 AM

Another week of lies and still Trump, the huckster, keeps his tawdry show going | Sarah Churchwell
Even as scandal succeeds scandal, this ‘ignorant, undignified and uncouth’ president escapes the consequences of legitimate criticism
Sarah Churchwell
06, May, 2018 @5:12 AM

End of the American dream? The dark history of 'America first'
When he promised to put America first in his inaugural speech, Donald Trump drew on a slogan with a long and sinister history – a sign of what was to follow in his presidency
Sarah Churchwell
21, Apr, 2018 @7:00 AM

Pushing back: why it's time for women to rewrite the story
Poe, Updike, Roth, Mailer: many male authors have contributed to a culture in which the credibility of women is undermined. It’s time to put a stop to the gaslighting, writes Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Churchwell
17, Feb, 2018 @8:00 AM

Drama queens: why it’s all about women and power on screen right now
From George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, fantastical tales with women centre stage are everywhere. Feminist? Misogynist? That’s not the point …
Sarah Churchwell
22, Jul, 2017 @8:00 AM
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