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
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist