Neal Ascherson

Neal Ascherson is a journalist and writer. He was for many years a foreign correspondent for the (London) Observer. Among his books are The King Incorporated: Leopold the Second and the Congo (1963; Granta, 1999), The Struggles for Poland (Random House, 1988), Black Sea (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996), and Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland (Granta, 2003).

Recent articles

The spark of the great student revolts of 1968 first ignited in Warsaw. The epic events in Poland that followed belong to the neglected political history of a tumultuous year. Neal Ascherson traces - and recalls - the "Polish March".

(This article was first published on 1 February 2008)

Poland's stunning election result deserves a closer look, writes Neal Ascherson.

Alan Dershowitz's advocacy of new rules to codify pre-emptive state attacks in the era of "war on terror" is partisan sophistry with chilling historical echoes, says Neal Ascherson.

(This article was first published on 18 May 2006)

Britain's lost it, Scotland's found it, now it's England's turn, says Neal Ascherson

The fallout of Scotland's messy election may be a London-centred deal that corrodes the democratic potential of Britain's post-devolution politics, reports Neal Ascherson.