Johan Gärdebo
Johan Gärdebo is a historian at Uppsala University and a Research Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He tweets at @JohanGardebo
Allocating blame in the name of climate change
Dwelling on the question of historical responsibility for climate change helps no one
The anatomy of oikophobia
A cyclical view of history exposes Western self-contempt
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration