Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our species. Nigel Hamilton effectiveensurememory Change image and share on social
I'm not promising to write 'JFK 2' - but one day, I might! Nigel Hamilton dayjfkpromise Change image and share on social
I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Cezanne, Gauguin and van Gogh. Nigel Hamilton cezannegauguingogh Change image and share on social
It must have been the fall of 1952 when my father returned to London sporting a neck tie emblazoned with the words 'I Like Ike.' Nigel Hamilton emblazonfallfather Change image and share on social
I was an 18-year-old kid, and I was in the heart of things in Washington. My interest in American politics and, particularly, the Kennedys, began then. Nigel Hamilton americanbeginheart Change image and share on social
Some of the History Channel's documentaries involve docudrama segments and are highly speculative - but there seems, on the part of the producers, to be a real determination to get at the history behind our past - not the sex, which is left to drama shows and entertainment channels. Nigel Hamilton channeldeterminationdocudrama share on social
Regularly, customers asked for a book on Greenwich, and there was none. After all, Elizabeth I was born there. The Observatory is known all over the world; the Royal Naval College is there. So I decided to do it. Nigel Hamilton askbearbook share on social
We've sweated and torn out our hair trying to reconstruct our chosen lives, to fashion them like literary sculptures, at once monumental and yet human. We've applied all of our intelligence, our empathy, our critical faculties, our compassion - and we think, in our delusion, that it's still 1960, and our work is going to get noticed. Nigel Hamilton applychoosecompassion share on social
What George W. Bush learned in his pre-presidential years - and what he omits in his new memoirs - was not how to lead a nation, but how, with sufficient toughness, to cheat the democratic system to get elected. Nigel Hamilton bushcheatdemocratic share on social
The White House tapes, recording Nixon's nefarious doings from Watergate to the bombing of Vietnam, made frightening reading once made public on the orders of Congress. Nigel Hamilton bombcongressdoing Change image and share on social