This is a postscript to my recent blog post at https://barder.com/4638, with new information. Not only is my book What Diplomats Do – The life and work of diplomats out now (May 2016) in affordable...
This is (obviously) a new post on my Ephems blog. This time it’s also an advertisement. My first (and only) book, What Diplomats Do: the life and work of diplomats, was published in the United...
I have especially enjoyed two recent articles in the New Statesman and want to share my enjoyment with Ephems readers. It’s invidious of course to pick out two articles from among so many good...
This is the final commercial for my recent book, What Diplomats Do: The Life and Work of Diplomats, published last year and available to UK readers at a substantial discount which (sadly) expires at...
The political and economic scenes in Britain are warming up nicely as the general election, due on 6 May, approaches. The leaders of both the main parties are working hard to establish the issue...
It’s not often that a fascinating and important new book — in this case about an accomplished diplomat, journalist, whistle-blower, novelist, dissembler and controversial celebrity of Victorian times — is made available, totally free...
Alan Mumford, leading collector of and expert on political cartoons, has produced another in his brilliant series of political cartoon biographies, this time of that always fascinating character David Lloyd George, the Welsh wizard...
If you’re reading this, you’re entitled to a substantially discounted price if you order your copy of my new book, What Diplomats Do, using the order form on my website at https://barder.com/wp-content/uploads/Flyer-What-Diplomats-Do-June14.pdf (for buyers...
This information is for university teachers of diplomacy or international affairs, and for editors and book reviewers. It supplements the information about What Diplomats Do, Brian Barder’s new book, now available at the publishers’...
I lay no claim to expertise on the subject of opera, although there are several operas that I very much enjoy, notably those of Mozart and Richard Strauss, and of the latter Der Rosenkavalier...