MICHAEL WOOD ON…
“A new world is emerging, reviving older connections”
“My dear boy, as long as you don’t invade Afghanistan,” prime minister Harold Macmillan told his successor, “you’ll be absolutely fine.” His words came back to me as I watched the disaster unfold this summer, astounded by the US and UK governments’ seeming lack of foresight and any kind of historical perspective.
It was 25 years ago – can it really be that
