Author: Richard Toye

Against the backdrop of a 20-year revolt against free trade orthodoxy by economists inside the UN and their impact on policy discussions since the ...

‘I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.’ These notorious words, spoken by Chur...

The two most significant British political figures of the twentieth-century, Churchill and Lloyd George were political rivals but personal friends....

Is a charismatic leader also an effective one? What role do commentators and historians have in shaping politicians' personae? Making Reputations p...

''My aunt, listening to the Prime Minister's speech, remarked of "our greatest orator", "He's no speaker, is he?"' -diary of teacher M.A. Pratt, 11...

This is not a book about Winston Churchill. It is not principally about his politics, nor his rhetorical imagination, nor even about the man himsel...

Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it w...

Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it w...

Arguing about Empire analyses the most divisive arguments about empire between Europe's two leading colonial powers from the age of high imperialis...

Arguing about Empire analyses the most divisive arguments about empire between Europe's two leading colonial powers from the age of high imperialis...