EJ Hobsbawm
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted