David Wootton
David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He tweets at @ProfWootton
Casting light in dark corners
No other historian can provide a better introduction to a big subject
The Enlightenment as reading project
This book is not a history of ideas, nor book history, nor cultural history, but something much more
It is time to bury Boris
Every day of Johnson as PM is another day in which the Tory party sinks deeper into crisis
Not amused: Victoria in her own words
Beneath the excitable phrases and endless underlining, Victoria’s correspondence doggedly promoted a coherent policy
My Magyar dish
A dish that combines gravity with tradition, but is cheekily unorthodox
Can Reform perform?
A Farage-less Reform campaign began with more of a splutter than a bang
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
Ulster’s deadly web
What if one of the most useful British agents inside the IRA was also a mass murderer?