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
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile