'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan SnowIT IS THE DEPTHS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.The Germans like to boast that there is 'no escape' from the infamous fortress that is Colditz.The elite British officers imprisoned there are determined to prove the Naz...

‘The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones’s Chavs.’–Andrew Marr, Sunday Times‘In his fascinating, enraging polemic, Verkaik touches on one of the strangest aspects of the elite schools and their product’s domination of public life for...

The dramatic story of a betrayal that changed the course of World War II—the never-before-revealed role of the Cambridge Spies in the devastating Allied defeat at the Battle of Arnhem.The end of World War II is in sight.Following the overwhelming victory on D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin all seek to shape the future to their own ends by winning the race to Berlin.The British launch Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne operation th...

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality.Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame: Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work.Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised. Barristers take home le...

It was a defining moment, the first time ‘Jihadi John’ appeared. Suddenly Islamic State had a face and the whole world knew the extent of their savagery. Weeks later, when his identity was revealed, Robert Verkaik was shocked to realise that this was a man he’d interviewed years earlier.Back in 2010, Mohammed Emwazi was a twenty-one-year-old IT graduate who claimed the security services were ruining his life. They had repeatedly approached him, his family and his fiancée. Had they ...

Polttavan ajankohtaisessa teoksessaan Robert Verkaik kertoo miten nuoresta, koulutetusta englantilaismiehestä tuli murhanhimoinen terroristi. Samalla hän sukeltaa syvälle radikalisoitumisen syihin. Verkaik on ainut ”Jihadi Johnia” milloinkaan haastatellut toimittaja.Elokuussa 2014 YouTubessa julkaistiin video, joka järkytti koko maailmaa. Siinä mustahuppuinen, täydellistä brittienglantia puhuva mies teloittaa näytöstyyliin amerikkalaisen toimittajan James Foleyn. Mustahuppuisesta m...

The end of World War II is in sight.Following the overwhelming victory on D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin all seek to shape the future to their own ends by winning the race to Berlin.The British launch Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne operation the world has ever seen. It's a bold move that, if successful, will end the war in weeks. But behind the scenes spies are working their craft, the Allies' plans are betrayed, the operation fails—and thousands of...

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality.Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame: Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work.Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised. Barristers take home less than the minimum...

It is the depths of the second world war.The Germans like to boast that there is 'no escape' from the infamous fortress that is Colditz.The elite British officers imprisoned there are determined to prove the Nazis wrong and get back into the war.As the war heats up and the stakes are raised, the Gestapo plant a double-agent inside the prison in a bid to uncover the secrets of the British prisoners. Captain Julius Green of the Army Dental Corps and Sergeant John 'Busty'...

The fascinating untold story of the mysterious, decades-long friendship between Graham Greene, one of the leading novelists of the twentieth century, and Kim Philby, Britain's most hated traitor.In The Writer and the Traitor, acclaimed historian Robert Verkaik sheds a completely fresh light on the enigmatic relationship between two giants of the twentieth century: Graham Greene, the internationally lauded novelist, and Kim Philby, the intelligence-officer-...