Prof. James Chalmers
Prof. James Chalmers was appointed to the Regius Chair of Law in 2012, and is currently REF Champion for the School of Law. He previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Follow him at @ProfChalmers
Adding injury to insult
The role of criminal law is to punish harm, not enforce politeness
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
This is not the time to appease Iran
Iranians are risking their lives to bring down their theocratic regime
Ben Fogle: Pukka prince of fluff
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
Why do women bear the brunt of literary censorship?
Cancellation is the modern manifestation of public shaming culture
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
At the hands of Argentina’s “kidnapper-in-chief”
This personal history of the Falklands War brings new details to light
Joyous adventures in the absurd
A new performance of a Janacek opera takes one to the moon and back