It’s a shame these essays on the nature of Tony Blair’s premiership don’t make easier reading, says Illtyd Harrington

THE only remaining passion in today’s politics seems to be in certain MPs’ trousers.
Meanwhile Labour’s agenda for a third term is being hammered out by a handful of the chosen near the celestial throne in Number 10.
It’s going to ‘Feelgood’ except for the new, yes new, theoretician Alan Milburn who seems tireless in proving his Blairite credentials. I am reliably informed that he is advocating even more privatisation of public services.

As Hitler strengthened his grip on Germany a British spy risked his life to allow thousands of Jews to flee the country, writes Dan Carrier

HIDDEN in Whitehall’s vaults are the untold stories of the Second World War: basements with filing cabinets containing classified government documents, and the story of Frank Foley is one of these tales.
Michael Smith’s biography of the MI6 agent, a man dubbed Britain’s Oskar Schindler because of his efforts to save Jews from the Third Reich, is an action story.