Thomas Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Bradford.
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
Man and myth
This well-researched book deserves attention for those who wish to peer beyond the carefully cultivated image of Josip Broz Tito
Portugal’s bookish dictator
At least in the eyes of his supporters, António de Oliveira Salazar succeeded in making Portugal great again
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug