The novel world of English literature in the 1700s
18th Century England featured an exciting literary milieu — but also political and religious upheaval. Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart investigate.
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Professor Jeremy Black on the reality of the slave economy created by the Caribbean’s European colonisers
Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned?
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
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