Sophie Nicholls
Sophie Nicholls is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. She tweets at @sophiehistorian
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
Just a little note to say “I hate you”
Poisoned pens pierce the veil of sociable living
Pains of Victorian labour
The experience of pregnancy and childbirth in 19th century Britain was no picnic
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
