Gary Sheffield
Gary Sheffield is Emeritus Professor of Military History, University of Wolverhampton. He tweets at @ProfGSheffield
Rhyme of the times
Within six weeks of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, most of Europe was at war
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
The man tennis failed
Baron Gottfried von Cramm: the Third Reich dissident Wimbledon left behind
Feminists under fire
We defend women’s rights and get abuse from progressives
Sir Tony embraces the old
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
The Caribbean in the twentieth century
Jeremy Black discusses how have the nations of the Caribbean have adapted to modern times
There is an alternative
The Church should invest in parishes and ministry if it wants to reach a new audience