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Marcus Tanner

Marcus is an editor of Balkan Insight, the former Balkans correspondent of The Independent, and the author of five published books, including this year's "Albania's Mountain Queen, Edith Durham and the Balkans”.

Mysterious men: stained glass

Apostle, Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve, book review

Führer in the making: Adolf Hitler in 1923

Adolf Hitler by Volker Ullrich: A revealing biography

Making of the super-rich: the good times have come to an end

The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J Gordon, book review

Carried away: television programmes like ‘Sex and the City’ helped to legitimise the fetishisation of consumerism

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, book review