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
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Red dawn
Following the locals, a shattered Conservative party will need to get used to losing
Ballots or bullets in New Caledonia
Democracy is at stake as violence scars the French territory
Fear and tension in Frankfurt
Mass immigration has exacerbated societal dysfunction in Germany
Why there has been no Street life
G.E. Street built or restored 113 churches for the Oxford diocese alone
Can jokes in terrible taste ever be funny?
Wisecracks is clearly the work of an academic philosopher adept at teasing out fine distinctions between “offenses” and “harms”
Schoenberg’s morning and night
Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid)
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective