Matthew Wright - Columnists

The Territorials by Peter Cooke and John Crawford review

Issue 3744 11th Feb 2012

A history of our citizen-soldiery was overdue, but this one lacks sparkle.

Issue 3741 21st Jan 2012

Two new books express the wars through the people who lived through them.

Issue 3731 12th Nov 2011

Jock Vennell’s fabulous and insightful biography remembers the Forgotten General.

Issue 3728 20th Oct 2011

In 400 well-crafted pages, Paul Holmes gives a moving account of the Erebus crash.

Issue 3725 30th Sep 2011

Issue 3720 27th Aug 2011

Issue 3702 18th Apr 2011

A 2011 roundup of the best war-related literature.

Issue 3659 26th Jun 2010

The Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Waitangi were not grand historical testaments but expedients cooked up by local officials.

Issue 3605 13th Jun 2009

Historian Antony Beevor turns his attention to the Normandy landings.

Issue 3577 29th Nov 2008

The gold fever of the 19th century in all its colour.