James Rodgers

The Story My Journalist Friend From Gaza Never Wanted to Write: Their Family Is Starving Rafah, southern Gaza, October 2003. Photo © James Rodgers THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much …

On Saturday 26 July, I received a message from a Palestinian journalist whom I have known personally for over two decades.
'The famine is devastating my family in Gaza, and I’ve truly become unable to bear the burden alone.'
More on my website.
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The Story My Journalist Friend From Gaza Never Wanted to Write: Their Family Is Starving Rafah, southern Gaza, October 2003. Photo © James Rodgers THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much …

On Saturday 26 July, I received a message from a Palestinian journalist whom I have known personally for over two decades.
'The famine is devastating my family in Gaza, and I’ve truly become unable to bear the burden alone.'
More on my website.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

The Story My Journalist Friend From Gaza Never Wanted to Write: Their Family Is Starving Rafah, southern Gaza, October 2003. Photo © James Rodgers THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much …

New on my website:
THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much longer than that. There are still small ways in which we can help. This post explains one.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

The Story My Journalist Friend From Gaza Never Wanted to Write: Their Family Is Starving Rafah, southern Gaza, October 2003. Photo © James Rodgers THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much …

New on my website:
THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much longer than that. There are still small ways in which we can help. This post explains one.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

Simple And Moving: In Ukraine, A Story of Deaths, Not Degrees CHANGING KREMLIN POLICY SHAPED MY EDUCATION. In the fall of 1984, I went to university in England to study Modern Languages: Russian and French. The Cold War was in its most terrifying stage since …

I posted briefly about this earlier this week, but the 'Unissued Diplomas' exhibition at #ICCEES2025 made such a big impression on me I wanted to write something longer.
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Simple And Moving: In Ukraine, A Story of Deaths, Not Degrees CHANGING KREMLIN POLICY SHAPED MY EDUCATION. In the fall of 1984, I went to university in England to study Modern Languages: Russian and French. The Cold War was in its most terrifying stage since …

I posted briefly about this earlier this week, but the 'Unissued Diplomas' exhibition at #ICCEES2025 made such a big impression on me I wanted to write something longer.
New on my website
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I could not agree more.

At #iccees2025, a simple but effective and moving exhibition: 'Unissued diplomas'--honouring the memory of students killed in the #RussiaUkraineWar.

New publication ‘The Cold War’ from History Today Illustration from the History Today website HISTORY TODAY magazine, where I am a member of the editorial advisory board, has just published a special edition, ‘The Cold War’. In the wor…

New on my website, a note about the 'History
Today' special issue on the #ColdWar. I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union
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To this @historytoday.com special edition, I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union, 'Aimed at fixing the faults in Soviet society, Gorbachev's policies emphasized them.'
Looking forward to reading the rest of what looks like a really impressive publication.

To this @historytoday.com special edition, I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union, 'Aimed at fixing the faults in Soviet society, Gorbachev's policies emphasized them.'
Looking forward to reading the rest of what looks like a really impressive publication.

The #ColdWar is a carefully curated, comprehensive selection of the best History Today articles on a global conflict which continues to shape the modern world.

Find it in all good newsagents from today, or order yours directly from www.historytoday.com/cold-war-his...

The Oakland Coliseum: Back to the Ballpark to say Goodbye A stand at The Coliseum, Oakland, California, 4 July 2024, before Athletics vs Angels This is a rare post about sport, and about a sport, baseball, to which I am a newcomer. I do not pretend to any…

'The fans’ commitment spoke of something more valuable than stands and concourses that could be fixed if the will and the cash were there.'
Re-sharing this today, a year after my last visit to Oakland Coliseum--where I came to love baseball
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The Oakland Coliseum: Back to the Ballpark to say Goodbye A stand at The Coliseum, Oakland, California, 4 July 2024, before Athletics vs Angels This is a rare post about sport, and about a sport, baseball, to which I am a newcomer. I do not pretend to any…

'The fans’ commitment spoke of something more valuable than stands and concourses that could be fixed if the will and the cash were there.'
Re-sharing this today, a year after my last visit to Oakland Coliseum--where I came to love baseball
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-oakland-...

The truth must come out about BBC mistakes at Glastonbury. But here’s why Tim Davie must stay | Roger Bolton The director general’s position looks perilous, but I hope he is not forced out. The institution faces many threats – it needs him, says media expert and former BBC editor Roger Bolton

'Davie has not been a journalist or a programme-maker and does not have that extra sixth sense, an antenna for trouble'
Interesting piece on how the BBC director general's CV may influence his judgement--but also calling for him to stay
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New Book: ‘The Return of Russia’ out January 2026 MY NEXT BOOK, The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin, will be published by Yale University Press in January 2026. It is the result of four years’ work in…

New on my website: a post about my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin'. Final manuscript just sent to @yalebooks.bsky.social. The book is due out in January 2026.
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Cricket match in progress

A full Sunday watching cricket: the morning session @kiaoval.com; this afternoon a smash tournament at my local ground in west London, Chiswick CC

Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...

I recently read this: the story of cricket in Ukraine. A really engaging mix of sport, history, and politics--and how the Russian invasion forced some players to flee; others to the front. Highly recommended
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New Book: ‘The Return of Russia’ out January 2026 MY NEXT BOOK, The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin, will be published by Yale University Press in January 2026. It is the result of four years’ work in…

New on my website: a post about my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin'. Final manuscript just sent to @yalebooks.bsky.social. The book is due out in January 2026.
jamesrodgersauthor.com/new-book-the...

That should be 'Socialism *is* Peace...' Apologies for the typo

@historyofcommunism.bsky.social

Recently rediscovered in an attic, and now framed: a Soviet propaganda poster I bought in Moscow in 1987. It reproduces Lenin's 1917 'Decree on Peace' with the slogan 'Socialism in Peace and Creation'. Published in 1986, during perestroika, but drawing on long-established Soviet design and slogans

The Return of Russia - Yale University Press London An incisive and engaging account of post-Soviet Russia—showing how and why the country has come into confrontation with the West   The escalation ...

I haven't spent much time on here recently, partly because I have been working on this: my political history of #Russia and its relations with the West since 1991. Due out in January from @yalebooks.bsky.social. More details to come between now and then.
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Spying on the West: The Illegals by Shaun Walker–Review A Soviet-era crest showing Vladimir Lenin, Volgograd, Russia, March 2019 © James Rodgers This latest post is an extract from my review of Shaun Walker’s The Illegals: Russia’s Most Auda…

New on my website: an extract from my review of 'The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social. The full review is in the current issue of @historytoday.com
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Spying on the West: The Illegals by Shaun Walker–Review A Soviet-era crest showing Vladimir Lenin, Volgograd, Russia, March 2019 © James Rodgers This latest post is an extract from my review of Shaun Walker’s The Illegals: Russia’s Most Auda…

New on my website: an extract from my review of 'The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social. The full review is in the current issue of @historytoday.com
jamesrodgersauthor.com/spying-on-th...

I spent a month in the US last year. I travelled a lot by train between New York; Washington DC; Philadelphia. Comfortable trains and a great way for a visitor to see the country-- because I had the time. There's huge potential for rail travel in the US, but, yes, I had some bad delays.

I have been a regular reader and occasional contributor since The New European launched in 2016. Last night, at a relaunch event in London, the editorial team gave an impressive account of their plans for the future. The first issue as 'The New World' is now out.

On the anniversary of D-Day, some pictures of WWII defences that still scar coastal areas on the North Sea. Pictures from East Lothian in Scotland, and bunkers built by occupying German forces on the Danish island of Fanø.

‘The Illegals’ by Shaun Waker review

The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the #SovietUnion’s undercover intelligence gathering.

✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #historybook

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On the anniversary of D-Day, some pictures of WWII defences that still scar coastal areas on the North Sea. Pictures from East Lothian in Scotland, and bunkers built by occupying German forces on the Danish island of Fanø.