A great edition of London Review of Books this week.

• Neal Ascherson’s report on the German SDP is a fascinating, especially in the light of our recent breakfast discussion
• Patrick Cockburn provides a clear line on Syria through media confusion on Assad’s strength.
• David Runciman reviews Charles Moore’s Authorised biography of Margret Thatcher.

All open to read on their website. Food for thought.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n11/neal-ascherson/hanging-on-to-mutti

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n11/patrick-cockburn/is-it-the-end-of-sykes-picot

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n11/david-runciman/rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat