A major contribution to the political history of modern Britain and an absorbing exercise in memoir and biography

The first full-length account of "the question of intellectuals" in twentieth-century Britain

A fascinating account of how Britain hoodwinked her enemies during two world wars

The British and the Hellenes focuses on Britain's role in the expansion of Greece and the engagement between British power and the Hellenic nationalism.

Benjamin Britten's relationships with Boosey & Hawkes, Decca, Covent Garden, the Aldeburgh Festival, the English Opera Group, and the Arts Council, had a huge influence on the music he wrote. This book explores the effect of these commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century.