James Rodgers
@jmacrodgers.bsky.social
Author. Journalist. Fellow Royal Historical Soc.
Lecturer. Linguist. European.
Editorial Adviser, History Today.
Ex correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Gaza. Now in London.
Next book, on Russia and the West, out early 2026.
https://jamesrodgersauthor.com
Lecturer. Linguist. European.
Editorial Adviser, History Today.
Ex correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Gaza. Now in London.
Next book, on Russia and the West, out early 2026.
https://jamesrodgersauthor.com
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The Jacket for My New Book: ‘The Return of Russia’
The jacket for my next book ‘The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin’ is ready.My thanks to the Yale University Press design team, and to Terry Stia…
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New on my website: details of my next book, 'The Return of Russia', due to be published January 27--and available for pre-order now,
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'The U.S. plan focuses on stopping the fighting now, while European proposals show a greater concern for the longer term.' I spoke to @newsweek.com about the current peace plans for Ukraine.
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Trump Peace Plan: Ukraine Agrees To 'Core Terms', Russia Launches Major Attack—Live Updates
Another round of US-Russia talks on Trump's evolving Ukraine peace plan is due, as war rages on. Follow Newsweek's live coverage.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
'The U.S. plan focuses on stopping the fighting now, while European proposals show a greater concern for the longer term.' I spoke to @newsweek.com about the current peace plans for Ukraine.
www.newsweek.com/trump-russia...
www.newsweek.com/trump-russia...
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The December issue of History Today is in all good newsagents from today!
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The December issue of History Today is in all good newsagents from today!
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Important piece from @theobserveruk.bsky.social: a reminder that while a successful career in New York businesses may teach you the art of negotiation, it doesn't make you a match for a world leader with far broader horizons, greater experience, and insatiable ambition
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Steve Witkoff’s peace plan for Ukraine is to hand victory to Putin | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Important piece from @theobserveruk.bsky.social: a reminder that while a successful career in New York businesses may teach you the art of negotiation, it doesn't make you a match for a world leader with far broader horizons, greater experience, and insatiable ambition
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
'When people stop being able to read [...] they also lose the ability to make sense of the world' Niall Ferguson argues.
Are we heading for an age in which a few people read books and are able to think strategically, and most cannot think for themselves?
www.thetimes.com/article/4d9f...
Are we heading for an age in which a few people read books and are able to think strategically, and most cannot think for themselves?
www.thetimes.com/article/4d9f...
If humans stop reading, barbarians will live among us again
Western society seems to have forgotten why we moved on from cave paintings, Niall Ferguson writes: the written word is key to making sense of a complex world
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'When people stop being able to read [...] they also lose the ability to make sense of the world' Niall Ferguson argues.
Are we heading for an age in which a few people read books and are able to think strategically, and most cannot think for themselves?
www.thetimes.com/article/4d9f...
Are we heading for an age in which a few people read books and are able to think strategically, and most cannot think for themselves?
www.thetimes.com/article/4d9f...
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New on my website: details of my next book, 'The Return of Russia', due to be published January 27--and available for pre-order now,
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
The Jacket for My New Book: ‘The Return of Russia’
The jacket for my next book ‘The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin’ is ready.My thanks to the Yale University Press design team, and to Terry Stia…
jamesrodgersauthor.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New on my website: details of my next book, 'The Return of Russia', due to be published January 27--and available for pre-order now,
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
New on my website: details of my next book, 'The Return of Russia', due to be published January 27--and available for pre-order now,
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
The Jacket for My New Book: ‘The Return of Russia’
The jacket for my next book ‘The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin’ is ready.My thanks to the Yale University Press design team, and to Terry Stia…
jamesrodgersauthor.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New on my website: details of my next book, 'The Return of Russia', due to be published January 27--and available for pre-order now,
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-jacket-f...
Late November afternoon on the Thames
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Late November afternoon on the Thames
At the Barbican in London last night, @sowetokinch.bsky.social performed 'Soundtrack to the Apocalypse' with @londonsymphony.bsky.social.
Jazz, rap, classical, and politics. The second time I have seen him, and already looking forward to seeing him again. Absolutely superb.
Jazz, rap, classical, and politics. The second time I have seen him, and already looking forward to seeing him again. Absolutely superb.
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
At the Barbican in London last night, @sowetokinch.bsky.social performed 'Soundtrack to the Apocalypse' with @londonsymphony.bsky.social.
Jazz, rap, classical, and politics. The second time I have seen him, and already looking forward to seeing him again. Absolutely superb.
Jazz, rap, classical, and politics. The second time I have seen him, and already looking forward to seeing him again. Absolutely superb.
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On the day that the Soviet Union celebrated the anniversary of the 'Great October Socialist Revolution', when Lenin led the Bolsheviks to seize power, pictures of some of the monuments at VDNKh in Moscow: the entrance; 'the worker and the collective farm woman'; Lenin himself.
All photos from 2019
All photos from 2019
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On the day that the Soviet Union celebrated the anniversary of the 'Great October Socialist Revolution', when Lenin led the Bolsheviks to seize power, pictures of some of the monuments at VDNKh in Moscow: the entrance; 'the worker and the collective farm woman'; Lenin himself.
All photos from 2019
All photos from 2019
On the day that the Soviet Union celebrated the anniversary of the 'Great October Socialist Revolution', when Lenin led the Bolsheviks to seize power, pictures of some of the monuments at VDNKh in Moscow: the entrance; 'the worker and the collective farm woman'; Lenin himself.
All photos from 2019
All photos from 2019
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On the day that the Soviet Union celebrated the anniversary of the 'Great October Socialist Revolution', when Lenin led the Bolsheviks to seize power, pictures of some of the monuments at VDNKh in Moscow: the entrance; 'the worker and the collective farm woman'; Lenin himself.
All photos from 2019
All photos from 2019
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @daniellapeled.bsky.social and @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on the day's stories, plus Dr Nicholas Wright on his fascinating new book "Warhead", about what conflict does to our brains. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Can Syrians return home? Germany’s foreign minister thinks not - Monocle
Our panel discusses whether Syrians should be returned home or if Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, has a point. Plus:...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @daniellapeled.bsky.social and @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on the day's stories, plus Dr Nicholas Wright on his fascinating new book "Warhead", about what conflict does to our brains. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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My copy of this has arrived, and it's really impressive: thought-provoking images superbly shot, and helping to tell a really important part of C20 European history
Excited to announce that we've finally printed a small run of our newest photo book "Faces From The East" - a 32 page documentation of soviet faces left behind after the military withdrawal of the Soviet Union from East Germany. Grab your copy now! -> digitalcosmonaut.com/faces-from-t...
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My copy of this has arrived, and it's really impressive: thought-provoking images superbly shot, and helping to tell a really important part of C20 European history
In Cambridge to give a talk, and happy to see my last book in very good company
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In Cambridge to give a talk, and happy to see my last book in very good company
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The slave trade was an international criminal enterprise. In 1811 an uprising on the slaving ship Amelia off the coast of West Africa revealed a complex network spanning four continents.
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Slavery After Abolition: Revolt on the Amelia
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October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The slave trade was an international criminal enterprise. In 1811 an uprising on the slaving ship Amelia off the coast of West Africa revealed a complex network spanning four continents.
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Leaving the stadium, October afternoon
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Leaving the stadium, October afternoon
I saw this last night at a screening in London. In the UK, it's on the BBC iPlayer. See it if you can. Every small town in Russia has its fervent Putin supporters; its sons dead in the 'special military operation.
Not all of them have Pavel Talankin to tell the story.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Not all of them have Pavel Talankin to tell the story.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Storyville - Mr Nobody Against Putin
A Storyville documentary that follows a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I saw this last night at a screening in London. In the UK, it's on the BBC iPlayer. See it if you can. Every small town in Russia has its fervent Putin supporters; its sons dead in the 'special military operation.
Not all of them have Pavel Talankin to tell the story.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Not all of them have Pavel Talankin to tell the story.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Discount on pre-orders at Waterstones available until midnight
An insightful and deeply researched study of what went wrong with Russia and the west’s reaction to the country after the optimism of the 1990s.' - @terrystiastny.bsky.social
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Discount on pre-orders at Waterstones available until midnight
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Order James’s book now so that in the New Year you’ll be able to understand how we got here!
An insightful and deeply researched study of what went wrong with Russia and the west’s reaction to the country after the optimism of the 1990s.' - @terrystiastny.bsky.social
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Order James’s book now so that in the New Year you’ll be able to understand how we got here!
An insightful and deeply researched study of what went wrong with Russia and the west’s reaction to the country after the optimism of the 1990s.' - @terrystiastny.bsky.social
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
An insightful and deeply researched study of what went wrong with Russia and the west’s reaction to the country after the optimism of the 1990s.' - @terrystiastny.bsky.social
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
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Until tomorrow you can get 25% off @jmacrodgers.bsky.social new book, The Return of Russia - which I was privileged to review and highly recommend!
“An extremely valuable and comprehensive treatment of trends in post-Soviet Russian politics and society, and how these have impacted Russia’s place in the world.”[email protected].
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Until tomorrow you can get 25% off @jmacrodgers.bsky.social new book, The Return of Russia - which I was privileged to review and highly recommend!
“An extremely valuable and comprehensive treatment of trends in post-Soviet Russian politics and society, and how these have impacted Russia’s place in the world.”[email protected].
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“An extremely valuable and comprehensive treatment of trends in post-Soviet Russian politics and society, and how these have impacted Russia’s place in the world.”[email protected].
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
Coming soon from @yalebooks.bsky.social--with 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones until Friday 23:59
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'A welcome contribution to the debate about what went wrong, coming from someone who has long
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'A welcome contribution to the debate about what went wrong, coming from someone who has long
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
'A welcome contribution to the debate about what went wrong, coming from someone who has long
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'A welcome contribution to the debate about what went wrong, coming from someone who has long
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
observed—and often been present at—key moments in Russian history'--Andrei Soldatov
There's 25% off pre-orders of 'The Return of Russia', my new book with @yalebooks.bsky.social, at Waterstones this week
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My next book 'The Return of Russia' @yalebooks.bsky.social is currently available for pre-order from Waterstones--with a 25% discount until Friday 17 October
'an exciting account of Russia's descent into authoritarianism'
--Professor Robert Service
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'an exciting account of Russia's descent into authoritarianism'
--Professor Robert Service
www.waterstones.com/book/the-ret...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
My next book 'The Return of Russia' @yalebooks.bsky.social is currently available for pre-order from Waterstones--with a 25% discount until Friday 17 October
'an exciting account of Russia's descent into authoritarianism'
--Professor Robert Service
www.waterstones.com/book/the-ret...
'an exciting account of Russia's descent into authoritarianism'
--Professor Robert Service
www.waterstones.com/book/the-ret...