Sophie Thérèse Ambler
Sophie Thérèse Ambler is Reader in Medieval History at Lancaster University. Follow her at @RG1253
A game of thrones
Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art