Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire

“Stalin’s Apostles is gripping and superbly written, evoking the times and places its characters inhabit as well as any spy novel. But despite the quality of the writing and the buffoonery of its subjects, Senior has written a serious work of history that takes the Cambridge Five, and their crimes, deeply seriously. She gives due prominence to their many victims, and shows just how important they were to the Soviet domination of Central and Eastern Europe after the Second World War. This is a book that entirely rewrites a story that many people may think they know.” Read more...

The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing

The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing