Francis Phillips, Author at MercatorNet

The unhappy son of a ‘keen’ Nazi fails to clear his father’s name

While I was reading Philippe Sands’ The Ratline, published in 2020, I happened to see the obituary of the late spy, George Blake, in The Daily Telegraph. I was struck by one paragraph near the end: “Blake argued that none of the agents he named perished because he had reached an agreement with the KGB that guaranteed their lives would be […]

by Francis Phillips Jan 14, 2021Jan 15, 2021 / 4 mins /

A last generous act from a high achiever

by Francis Phillips Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020 / 4 mins /

The dangerous paranoid nonsense of conspiracy theories

by Francis Phillips Nov 13, 2020Nov 23, 2020 / 5 mins /

Review: ‘The Colour of the Sky After Rain’

by Francis Phillips Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020 / 4 mins /

Delving into the depths of Dickens

by Francis Phillips Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020 / 4 mins /

Tillotson: the British mandarin class before the 1960s deluge

by Francis Phillips May 16, 2019May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

‘Tolkien’: The early life of a creative genius on the big screen

by Francis Phillips May 3, 2019May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

‘Detainment’: should a film about two boy murderers have been made?

by Francis Phillips Jan 31, 2019May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

What’s in a name? The Nazi taint in ‘Asperger’s syndrome’

by Francis Phillips Oct 18, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Can there be too many biographies of Dr Johnson?

by Francis Phillips Oct 10, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Can you be a feminist and pro-life?

by Francis Phillips Oct 4, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Alfie Evans: the uses and misuses of language

by Francis Phillips May 2, 2018May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

The last Tsar: Nicholas II loved his country ‘not wisely but too well’

by Francis Phillips Feb 7, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

Suzanne’s Children: One woman’s selfless effort in Nazi Paris

by Francis Phillips Nov 13, 2017May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Party Animals: My Family and other Communists

by Francis Phillips Oct 20, 2017May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /