Michael Bentley
Michael Bentley is Emeritus Professor of Modern History in the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow in Historiography at St Hugh’s College, Oxford.
He was right all along
Michael Bentley reviews The Englightenment that Failed by Jonathon Israel
The prophet who didn’t do people
Friedrich von Hayek became “Hayek”, a cardboard cut-out representation.
Starmer and the blob
The Conservatives must focus on our constitutional order
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised