Historians
J G A Pocock: the Antipodean’s view of Europe
John Pocock defended Britain in its broadest sense
Open the royal files
A culture of gratuitous opacity surrounds the Royal Family
Casting light in dark corners
No other historian can provide a better introduction to a big subject
In defence of narrative history
Stories make scholarship human
Rebadging the past as feel-good therapy
The discipline faces not so much a crisis of history, as a crisis of historicism
Against history snobs
Al Murray proves himself to be more than a popular historian
What are historians for?
Contemporary commentary or timeless reflection?
Live on TV: history at work
The making of a TV historian
Grappling with evil
Historians are better placed to explain malicious acts than philosophers, who strive to subordinate them to reason
My eighteenth century life
Black’s History Week, with Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
