The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard is editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He was editor of The Times of London from 1992-2002. He is the author of Thirty Days, a Downing Street diary of his time with British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the Iraq war and On the Spartacus Road: A Spectacular Journey Through Ancient Italy will be published in January.
A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: the books soldiers take to war, how the French resistance was paid for, and what makes good music.
Obama Frees His Mojo
Tina Brown is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast. She is the author of the 2007 New York Times best seller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk magazines and host of CNBC's Topic A with Tina Brown.
The president took all the political noise-the hysterical pre-performance commentary, the shouting GOP congressman-and used it to reduce the assembled Republicans to foolish members of his rowdy class.
Quentin Tarantino's controversial Nazi flick hit theaters to surprise box-office success-and sharply divided reviews. From the critics to the worshipers, The Daily Beast dissects the explosive response Inglourious Basterds has generated.Photo: Weinstein Company / Everett Collection
Gandhi and Churchill, recently out in paperback, had me from the first word-"Mutiny." I would not have thought I needed to know much more about Winston Churchill, the British Empire, or the partition of India but Arthur Herman's joint bi...
Steve Inskeep is host of Morning Edition the most widely heard radio news program in the United States. He co-hosts the program with Renee Montagne.
The Yes List
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Each week, The Daily Beast scours the cultural landscape to choose three top picks. First up: a Sundance hit that's making its way to the megaplex.
You'll be in for a revelation if you read Andrew Roberts' phenomenal new World War II book, Masters and Commanders, which focuses on Winston Churchill and Lord Alan Brooke on the British side and Franklin Roosevelt and George Marshall on...
Mortimer B. Zuckerman is chairman and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report and publisher of the New York Daily News. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Boston Properties Inc. He is a trustee of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
A college diploma may not be worth as much in this economy as it used to, but at least the graduates of the Class of 2009 got to hear some great speeches on their way out. Watch clips of six of the best from the President, the First Lady, Ellen DeGeneres, Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey, and John Legend.
World War II's Team of Rivals
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's books include Ike, Horse People, Country Matters, Ulysses S. Grant, and Charmed Lives.
If you want to learn how the Allies really won the war, Andrew Roberts' impeccable new history retraces the secret meetings between FDR and Churchill.
Why Michelle Wows the Brits
Tina Brown is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast. She is the author of the 2007 New York Times best seller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk magazines and host of CNBC's Topic A with Tina Brown.
For starters, she has similar qualities to the Queen: dedication, authenticity, and a very different attitude to clothes than Carla Bruni.
Stop the Bailout: Four Better Alternatives
Alan G. Quasha is founder, president and CEO of Quadrant Management, Inc., which invests in and advises midsized underperforming companies as well as emerging businesses, often while serving in active management or chairmanship roles.
While America's financial situation is frightening, it can be fixed without mortgaging our grandchildren's future.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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