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Allan Mallinson

Allan Mallinson is a historian and former career soldier, one-time Anglican seminarian, Catholic convert. Author of the Matthew Hervey novels and four works of history on the British Army, and the First World War (Penguin RandomHouse). Times and Spectator contributor.

Allan Mallinson is a historian and former career soldier, one-time Anglican seminarian, Catholic convert. Author of the Matthew Hervey novels and four works of history on the British Army, and the First World War (Penguin RandomHouse). Times and Spectator contributor.

Has the Left weaponised Peterloo?

Has the Left weaponised Peterloo?

Allan Mallinson

19 Sep 2018

Has Pope Francis really banned the death penalty?

Has Pope Francis really banned the death penalty?

Allan Mallinson

15 Aug 2018

Lessons in talking to tyrants

Lessons in talking to tyrants

Allan Mallinson

09 Aug 2018

Can history hand us a moral compass?

Can history hand us a moral compass?

Allan Mallinson

07 Aug 2018

The pulling power of Tyneside's great steam train

The pulling power of Tyneside’s great steam train

Allan Mallinson

31 Jul 2018

Trump's mission to Moscow is nothing new

Trump’s mission to Moscow is nothing new

Allan Mallinson

19 Jul 2018

An Air Force to be reckoned with

An Air Force to be reckoned with

Allan Mallinson

10 Jul 2018

Has Germany forgotten the debt it owes Britain?

Has Germany forgotten the debt it owes Britain?

Allan Mallinson

03 Jul 2018

Lies, damn lies – and propaganda

Lies, damn lies – and propaganda

Allan Mallinson

28 Jun 2018

Only an entrepreneurial state can defend our nation

Only an entrepreneurial state can defend our nation

Allan Mallinson

21 Jun 2018

Trump, Kim and the art of the deal

Trump, Kim and the art of the deal

Allan Mallinson

14 Jun 2018

From the Country Party to Corbyn – a history of opposition

From the Country Party to Corbyn – a history of opposition

Allan Mallinson

08 Jun 2018

Trump's Korean recklessness has echoes of Reagan's Reykjavik

Trump’s Korean recklessness has echoes of Reagan’s Reykjavik

Allan Mallinson

31 May 2018

When do empires end?

When do empires end?

Allan Mallinson

23 May 2018

Can lessons from the past guide us through the present?

Can lessons from the past guide us through the present?

Victoria Schofield

16 May 2018

The dangers of historical misperception

The dangers of historical misperception

Victoria Schofield

14 May 2018

In Britain, there are still limits to religious freedom

In Britain, there are still limits to religious freedom

Allan Mallinson

11 May 2018

Is Russia still a disruptive force in Korea?

Is Russia still a disruptive force in Korea?

Allan Mallinson

30 Apr 2018

The logic amid the fog of chemical war

The logic amid the fog of chemical war

Allan Mallinson

19 Apr 2018

To preserve its authority, the US should have picked its battles more carefully

To preserve its authority, the US should have picked its battles more carefully

Allan Mallinson

10 Apr 2018

The trouble with trade wars

The trouble with trade wars

Allan Mallinson

27 Mar 2018

Why you can't rely on the media to understand... the war in Ukraine

Why you can’t rely on the media to understand… the war in Ukraine

Allan Mallinson

16 Mar 2018

What can we learn from Trump's Good Books?

What can we learn from Trump’s Good Books?

Allan Mallinson

13 Mar 2018

Have we forgotten the Czechs – or are we all relativists now?

Have we forgotten the Czechs – or are we all relativists now?

Allan Mallinson

01 Mar 2018

Free Minds: Robert Sarah, the dissenting cardinal, seeking to save his Church

Free Minds: Robert Sarah, the dissenting cardinal, seeking to save his Church

Allan Mallinson

23 Feb 2018

The outgoing German ambassador fails to understand British history

The outgoing German ambassador fails to understand British history

Allan Mallinson

07 Feb 2018

It's a mistake to misrepresent Britain's historical 'entente' with France

It’s a mistake to misrepresent Britain’s historical ‘entente’ with France

Allan Mallinson

30 Jan 2018

No historical drama can be completely accurate but are we tolerating too much invention?

No historical drama can be completely accurate but are we tolerating too much invention?

Allan Mallinson

16 Jan 2018

What “event” of 2017 will in the long-run prove far MORE consequential than currently supposed; and why?

What “event” of 2017 will in the long-run prove far MORE consequential than currently supposed; and why?

Eliot Cohen

11 Jan 2018

What "event" of 2017 will in the long-run prove far LESS consequential than currently supposed; and why?

What “event” of 2017 will in the long-run prove far LESS consequential than currently supposed; and why?

Eliot Cohen

10 Jan 2018

A hundred years on, Trump is following Woodrow Wilson's steps in seeking peace

A hundred years on, Trump is following Woodrow Wilson’s steps in seeking peace

Allan Mallinson

10 Jan 2018

Launching UnHerd’s history jury

Launching UnHerd’s history jury

Allan Mallinson

05 Jan 2018

Listen to Japan's military aspirations. They are an echo of 150 years ago

Listen to Japan’s military aspirations. They are an echo of 150 years ago

Allan Mallinson

03 Jan 2018

Hail, Mary! Why Britain could be in for a colourful Counter-Reformation

Hail, Mary! Why Britain could be in for a colourful Counter-Reformation

Allan Mallinson

20 Dec 2017

With numbers so low we must consider strengthening our forces with battlefield nuclear weapons

With numbers so low we must consider strengthening our forces with battlefield nuclear weapons

Allan Mallinson

13 Dec 2017

It's not personal Mr Farron - the British have never much liked politicians who 'do God'

It’s not personal Mr Farron – the British have never much liked politicians who ‘do God’

Allan Mallinson

06 Dec 2017

A Pope and a Field Marshal agree: Trident should not be renewed

A Pope and a Field Marshal agree: Trident should not be renewed

Allan Mallinson

27 Nov 2017

Can Britain's armed forces survive their retreating budgets?

Can Britain’s armed forces survive their retreating budgets?

Allan Mallinson

22 Nov 2017

Should Congress allow Trump's finger on the nuclear button? 'Probably certainly.'

Should Congress allow Trump’s finger on the nuclear button? ‘Probably certainly.’

Allan Mallinson

14 Nov 2017

Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary may be a ‘hazardous experiment,’ but it's not the ministry's first

Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary may be a ‘hazardous experiment,’ but it’s not the ministry’s first

Allan Mallinson

08 Nov 2017

'What is the Army for?' You only know afterwards.

‘What is the Army for?’ You only know afterwards.

Allan Mallinson

01 Nov 2017

You don't have to be aged to benefit from the wisdom of the ages

You don’t have to be aged to benefit from the wisdom of the ages

Allan Mallinson

24 Oct 2017

Can history help us decide if The Queen should meet Donald Trump?

Can history help us decide if The Queen should meet Donald Trump?

Allan Mallinson

18 Oct 2017

Keeping the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. How's Nato doing?

Keeping the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. How’s Nato doing?

Allan Mallinson

04 Oct 2017

In America, old soldiers soldier on; in Britain they simply fade away

In America, old soldiers soldier on; in Britain they simply fade away

Allan Mallinson

27 Sep 2017

We must learn from Churchill how to deal with Putin

We must learn from Churchill how to deal with Putin

Allan Mallinson

20 Sep 2017

Marx: a revolutionary terrorist

Marx: a revolutionary terrorist

Allan Mallinson

13 Sep 2017

Why America's Civil War casts such a long shadow over present day

Why America’s Civil War casts such a long shadow over present day

Allan Mallinson

24 Aug 2017

Brutality followed by brutality, followed by more brutality. Welcome to Korean history

Brutality followed by brutality, followed by more brutality. Welcome to Korean history

Allan Mallinson

16 Aug 2017

Who would you put on the front page? The murderous King Herod? The decadent seductress, Salome? Pilate, Rome's powerful governor? Or a carpenter from Nazareth?

Who would you put on the front page? The murderous King Herod? The decadent seductress, Salome? Pilate, Rome’s powerful governor? Or a carpenter from Nazareth?

Allan Mallinson

13 Aug 2017

The true story of Dunkirk

The true story of Dunkirk

Allan Mallinson

01 Aug 2017

News is history - and we should make it history

News is history – and we should make it history

Allan Mallinson

16 Jul 2017