US Presidents Archive

Nice piece on Nixon on the Guardian today, in Alex von Tunzelmann‘s fresh Reel History column. Hope she doesn’t do Frost/Nixon, I’ve invested a lot in those jokes.

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As part of my research for the Presidents at the Movies book, I’ve read a few studies of life in post-occupation Iraq. Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s in depth account of his exeperiences in the Green Zone are terrifying; mispent funds, disorganisation and a politic driven entirely by...

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Am back on the Presidents at The Movies chapter, looking at satire of Bush in TV and movies…wonder what Will Ferrell’s doing now. And some actual Bush wisdom? “I say that if you say you are going to do something, and you don’t do it,...

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Really enjoying this very considered analysis of Dubya and his presidency, some distance from Worse Than Watergate, which I’ve just finished and was surprised at its tabloid tone. Published in 2003, this collection of essays is incredibly prescient as to the manner in which US...

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Just finishing up my contribution to the forthcoming President’s At The Movies book, on Oliver Stone’s W, and spending the long nights of despair reading up on the legacy of Dubya’s legacy. It’s not easy reading.

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Just returned from the University of London’s stunning Senate House (which looks more than a little like the corporate HQ of Tyrell Corp. in Bladerunner), where I was presenting a paper on Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon for the Remembering Watergate symposium, organised by Professor Iwan Morgan...

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Started it last night, my third book on Nixon this week…I need a new hobby.

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