The parable of the Reflecting Pool. In a highly symbolic setting, an emblematic Trumpian tale. My latest. Free to all. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Climate fatigue in a time of climate emergency. Why has media coverage fallen off when the earth continues to hot up? My latest, which comes with a mea culpa….. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Climate fatigue in a time of climate emergency. Why has media coverage fallen off when the earth continues to hot up? My latest, which comes with a mea culpa….. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

From autonomous weaponry to the political fallout from white collar job losses, many things freak me out about AI. Repeating the mistakes we made with the Internet is another. My latest essay at History Never Ended. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Andy Burnham says our generation of politicians needs to raise its game. He’s absolutely right. But successive political generations have screwed up, and Baby Boomers are too reluctant to leave the stage. A weekend read from me: open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

The political generation game. Have my generation of politicians, Gen X, and the Baby Boomers made a complete hash of things? Spoiler alert, yes. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Project 2026: Donald Trump’s war on democracy. A field guide to his administration’s lines of attack ahead of the congressional midterms. My latest post at History Never Ended. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

I’m not sure if such a thing as the honeymoon suite exists in UK politics any more but here’s hoping the coverage of Westminster calms down after ten years of excitable and often needlessly destructive coverage. This was my first Substack column. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

The Democratic dilemma - does the orthodoxy still hold that centrism wins the Democrats the presidency or should the party pick a populist of the left? My weekend read. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

The two Americas - Trump is a president who cannot command majority support and the world is starting to get that. My weekend read. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

One of the few upsides of such chronic US polarization is that people around the world realise it is chronically polarized. So anti-Trumpism doesn’t automatically equate with anti-Americanism. And My latest at History Never Ended. All free. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Gianni, I just need you to find me four more goals.

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After losing 4-1 to Belgium, Trump could always claim the USA won, organise a big stop the steal rally outside the World Cup final, urge his militias to storm the stadium, defecate on the pitch and trash the changing rooms, and then emerge scot-free and be awarded another FIFA peace prize.

After losing 4-1 to Belgium, Trump could always claim the USA won, organise a big stop the steal rally outside the World Cup final, urge his militias to storm the stadium, defecate on the pitch and trash the changing rooms, and then emerge scot-free and be awarded another FIFA peace prize.

It’s been a bad few days for Donald Trump - he’s been upstaged by a beautiful global game and America’s epic 250-year history. Both have made him look peevish and small - a presidential pygmy. My latest at my Substack, History Never Ended. Free to all. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Historical parallels are already being drawn with Benito Mussolini’s strong-arming of referees during the 1934 World Cup in Italy to ensure the hosts carried off the trophy. But then, Trump has often come across as an American Il Duce.

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Both America’s 250th anniversary and the World Cup have diminished and exposed Trump. He’s been upstaged by his country’s epic history and a beautiful global game he is now trying to taint. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Both America’s 250th anniversary and the World Cup have diminished and exposed Trump. He’s been upstaged by his country’s epic history and a beautiful global game he is now trying to taint. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

What a dark day for FIFA. What next? A word in the ear of the ref? VAR teams siding with the US on margin calls? Something like this was always on the cards. The ridiculous FIFA peace prize awarded by the unctuous Infantino felt like the appetizer.

25 books for 250 years. My big birthday bibliography. Some of the books that have helped me make sense of America. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

The myths of American history - my long read about what we often get wrong about the American past and how it animates and distorts the American present. Free to all. #America250 open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

“History is an argument without end,” the Dutch scholar Pieter Geyl has argued. What a statement of algorithmic allure for social media giants whose business models rely on stoking disunion, and for populist politicians seeking new battlefields in the culture wars. My latest……

Nick Bryant.@nickbryantoz.bsky.social · last mo.

The history glut - why are we facing such a historical deluge? Why have the Twenties seen history go into overdrive? open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

The history glut - why are we facing such a historical deluge? Why have the Twenties seen history go into overdrive? open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

America at 250: a bibliography. I've been recommending a book a day ahead of July 4th. I've listed 20 already. There are five to come before the weekend. Happy to get recommendations........ open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Great to reunite with my former colleague and fellow trainee Terry Stiastny on the History Never Ended podcast. We talked the post-Brexit chaos in British politics. substack.com/@historyneve...

In the post-Brexit political recession, British prime ministers have become the voodoo dolls. The UK’s culture has got meaner, nastier, more excitable and less serious. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

In the post-Brexit political recession, British prime ministers have become the voodoo dolls. The UK’s culture has got meaner, nastier, more excitable and less serious. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Journalists should defend other journalists when they come under personal attack. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

White House journalists need to defend their colleagues

Trump attacks yet another female correspondent.

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While brute MAGA force was on display at the White House, Trump revealed American weakness on the international stage, a far more consequential arena. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

America at 250: a bibliography - the first tranche of some books that have helped me make sense of the United States. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

My conversation with the legendary documentary maker Ken Burns on America at 250. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

America at 250: Ken Burns on the 'violent birth' of the US - ABC listen

Ken Burns is one of the great chroniclers of US history. Over a nearly 50-year career, the filmmaker has produced long-form works about America's Civil War, the Vietnam War, and, his latest epic prod...

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Why Donald Trump keeps abusing female journalists - my conversation on ABC news podcast based on my Substack piece on how White House reporters, and their employers, could do more to protect colleagues. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Why Trump keeps abusing female journalists - ABC listen

When Donald Trump stormed out of an interview after hurling abuse at the female anchor it wasn’t surprising, he often attacks those who dare to challenge him.   But why does the US president continua...

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