Derek Offord
Derek Offord is an emeritus professor and senior research fellow at the University of Bristol. He has written and/or edited 15 books on Russian history, thought, literature, and language
Regathering the Russian lands: the rationale for Putin’s war in Ukraine
The president’s inflammatory rhetoric is informed by two centuries of Russian nationalist thought centring on a distrust of Europe and a mission to recover all the lands of “Ancient Rus”
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
How the DVSA is driving young people mad
Driving tests should be much more accessible than they are
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Israel off the leash
For Benjamin Netanyahu, continuing the war is a matter of political survival, and he goes to America to raise support, not to listen to calls for peace
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female