Barnaby Crowcroft
Barnaby Crowcroft is Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?