One morning at the end of November, 1952 a five-year old
Czech boy, Ivan, who was staying with cousins of his parents in Bratislava
while his mother, who had seemed exhausted and unwell, remained in Prague,
wandered into the kitchen, a little surprised and disappointed that the usual
appetizing smells of baking were not noticeable. He found his grandmother’s
cousin and her daughter sitting tensely at the table, listening to some boring
official announcements on the radio. Ivan thought it was silly of them. Then,
in response...
Book Review: Philip Ziegler, Edward Heath – The Authorised Biography, London: Harper
Collins, 2010 (£25)
Dr Harshan Kumarasingham, the
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Potsdam and a past
contributor to the Conservative History Journal, gives his views on Edward
Heath and Philip Ziegler’s biography.
Edward Heath did not emerge, but was elected as leader of the
Conservative Party in 1965. The new
leader was...