How to Climb the Academic Pole
Ambitious young academics see the lecture hall and research laboratory as a shackle
The Idea of a twenty-first century University
Newman’s Idea of The University imagined by Jeremy Black and William Gibson for the modern world
Fond memories of Sean Connery
I struggle to think of a more glorious spectacle than the sight of Sean flashing that winning smile
Roger’s religion
Sir Roger Scruton’s religious views are dissonant but beautiful
The Golden Age of London (1980-2020?)
Is London on the verge of another phase of urban decline?
Exclusive interview: Uganda’s Bobi Wine on the country’s ‘fraudulent’ election
Former popstar Bobi Wine has pledged to exhaust all legal options before taking the fight to the streets for a non-violent resolution
France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about what made French politics and society distinctive in the decades before and after WWI
All the things I have never done…
Joseph Connolly has never ridden a bike, drunk a pint of biiter or had a curry. Can you match his epic non-achievements?
The unkindest cut
Why can’t film directors let their work go?
Taking back control?
The new treaty contains clauses that constrain Britain in key aspects of public policy
Peculiar world of a singular talent
Highsmith was a great writer, with a moral vision bracing enough to clarify the terrors of the twentieth century
Murders ranging widely
Jeremy Black recommends an array of crime fiction novels, both modern and classic, to keep you entertained in January