An HistorianOnward! How to destroy UK Higher EducationThe Onward think tank have ideas about UK Higher Education, here is why they will be a disasterApr 29Apr 29
An HistorianA Spy Too Far: Anthony Blunt, the Cambridge Five and Operation Market GardenDid the Soviet spy Anthony Blunt tip off the Germans that the Allies were going to launch Operation Market Garden during WW2?Apr 28Apr 28
An HistorianBrexit and International Students: Pete North’s nonsense about Britain’s UniversitiesA new year, a new attack on Britain’s university sector. This particular broadside comes from Brexiter, Pete North.Jan 3Jan 3
An HistorianRufo, Plagiarism and the Strange Death of US News MediaThe subject of plagiarism is back in the news again. The President of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, has been accused of plagiarising a…Dec 23, 2023Dec 23, 2023
An HistorianDeir Yassin: The massacre that probably (very likely) wasIn a recent book, The Massacre That Never War: The Myth of Deir Yassin and the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, by the Israeli…Dec 18, 20231Dec 18, 20231
An HistorianWe Have to Talk About Ian Leslie…The author of popular psychology books, Ian Leslie, has thoughts to share with us about the allegedly parlous state of academic history…Nov 26, 2023Nov 26, 2023
An HistorianWhy do Terrorists kill? Thoughts on GazaThe latest outbreak of appalling violence in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparked by a near unimaginably brutal terrorist…Oct 16, 2023Oct 16, 2023
An HistorianNo, ‘Allo ‘Allo! did not cause Brexit and nobody said it didAs a point of clarification before I begin: I’m not writing this to defend or promote the collection, the two editors or Prof. Schaffer…Jul 7, 2023Jul 7, 2023
An Historian“Midwit historians”: The backlash against Dan SnowIn a recent Spectator article, the writer Samuel Rubinstein takes aim at the popular historian and broadcaster, Dan Snow. Snow had recently…Mar 28, 2023Mar 28, 2023
An HistorianKim Philby and Bad HistoryA review of A Spy Among Friends claimed the ITV show is bad history, but the review leaves much to be desired.Jan 9, 2023Jan 9, 2023
