Sophie Nicholls
Sophie Nicholls is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. She tweets at @sophiehistorian
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
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?