William Gibson
William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford Brookes University. He is the co-editor of The Lantern of History: Essays in Honour of Jeremy Black (Old Stables Press, 2020).
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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
