Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He is a prolific lecturer and writer, the author of over 100 books. Many concern aspects of eighteenth century British, European and American political, diplomatic and military history but he has also published on the history of the press, cartography, warfare, culture and on the nature and uses of history itself. His recent books include The Geographies of an Imperial Power: Britain 1688-1815, Fortifications and Siegecraft: Defense and Attack through the Ages, and Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Might-have-been books
Do I ever regret the books I might have written? Only fleetingly.
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama