Jonathan Boff
Jonathan Boff is Reader in Modern History at the University of Birmingham.
Setting Soviet history straight
Would Hitler and Stalin have fought so hard over a city named Tsaritsyn?
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?