British Academy
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
