The Spectator
A Truly Russian Icon
July 2, 2005
A review of "Anna of All the Russias: The Life of Anna Akhmatova",
by Elaine Feinstein Weidenfeld

The Washington Post
Out in the Cold
August 8, 2004
A review of "Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March",
by Adam Zamoyski

The Spectator
Poets Under Surveillance
April 24, 2004
A review of "Moscow Memoirs",
by Emma Gerstein

The Washington Post
The Mouths That Roared
July 27, 2003

The Spectator
An Oddball Miles From Anywhere
March 15, 2003
A review of "Regions of the Great Heresy: Bruno Schulz, A Biographical Portrait"
by Jerzy Ficowski

The Spectator
Dancing to greet the new dawn
February 9, 2002
A review of "Isadora: the Sensational Life of Isadora Duncan",
by Peter Kurth

The Spectator
The Best of Companions
March 19, 2001
A review of "Poland: A Traveller's Gazetteer, 
by Adam Zamoyski.

The Spectator
Serendipity Rules Okay
December 16, 2000
A review of The Oxford Companion to English Literature,
Ed. Margaret Drabble.

The Sunday Telegraph
The battle for the Holocaust legacy
July 16, 2000

The Evening Standard
"Playing at Survival in Warsaw"
 May 14, 1999
 "an interview with Wladyslaw Szpilman,
musician, writer, and survivor."

The Sunday Telegraph 
I Was Booked on Flight 103 
December 20, 1998 
A meditation on Lockerbie, accidents, and fear of flying.

The Washington Post
For Many in Britain, the Mourning Became Excessive
September 21, 1997
The grief which followed the death of the Princess
of Wales had to be taken with a grain of salt.

The Washington Post
State of Tolerance
December 15, 1996
It's OK for Jews to celebrate Christmas.