The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the politics of British urban life in the 17th and 18th centuries. How were townspeople represented, and how did they differ from Londoners and ruralites?
The development of English urbanisation
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Apocalyptic intimations in the mid-1900s
On ebbing power of the political influencer
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
