Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tony Judt: the last public intellectual


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In this collection of conversations recorded shortly before his death, Judt reveals a tremendous command of his subject but also an unwillingness to face up to the left’s failings. Read my book review in the Spiked Review of Books here
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