July 2021
Netflix’s How to Become a Tyrant is like a YouTube manual
This six-part show reminds us that the alternatives to democracy aren’t as appealing as we might think.
- John McDonald
January 2021
Grisly fact can't be separated from monstrous fiction of Idi Amin
The Ugandan dictator liked to play the buffoon but, as Mark Leopold shows in his book "Idi Amin", he was a canny political operator.
- Martin Meredith