David Abulafia
David Abulafia is Professor Emeritus of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge.
A too-short history of Islam
Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present by John Tolan
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
