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An Historian

Onward! How to destroy UK Higher Education

The Onward think tank have ideas about UK Higher Education, here is why they will be a disaster

8 min readApr 29, 2024

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Onward! How to destroy UK Higher Education

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An Historian

A Spy Too Far: Anthony Blunt, the Cambridge Five and Operation Market Garden

Did the Soviet spy Anthony Blunt tip off the Germans that the Allies were going to launch Operation Market Garden during WW2?

8 min readApr 28, 2024

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A Spy Too Far: Anthony Blunt, the Cambridge Five and Operation Market Garden

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An Historian

Brexit and International Students: Pete North’s nonsense about Britain’s Universities

A new year, a new attack on Britain’s university sector. This particular broadside comes from Brexiter, Pete North.

7 min readJan 3, 2024

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Brexit and International Students: Pete North’s nonsense about Britain’s Universities

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An Historian

Rufo, Plagiarism and the Strange Death of US News Media

The subject of plagiarism is back in the news again. The President of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, has been accused of plagiarising a…

7 min readDec 23, 2023

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Rufo, Plagiarism and the Strange Death of US News Media

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An Historian

Deir Yassin: The massacre that probably (very likely) was

In a recent book, The Massacre That Never War: The Myth of Deir Yassin and the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, by the Israeli…

11 min readDec 18, 2023

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Deir Yassin: The massacre that probably (very likely) was

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An Historian

We 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…

7 min readNov 26, 2023

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We Have to Talk About Ian Leslie…

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An Historian

Why do Terrorists kill? Thoughts on Gaza

The latest outbreak of appalling violence in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparked by a near unimaginably brutal terrorist…

6 min readOct 16, 2023

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Why do Terrorists kill? Thoughts on Gaza

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An Historian

No, ‘Allo ‘Allo! did not cause Brexit and nobody said it did

As a point of clarification before I begin: I’m not writing this to defend or promote the collection, the two editors or Prof. Schaffer…

9 min readJul 7, 2023

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No, ‘Allo ‘Allo! did not cause Brexit and nobody said it did

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An Historian

“Midwit historians”: The backlash against Dan Snow

In a recent Spectator article, the writer Samuel Rubinstein takes aim at the popular historian and broadcaster, Dan Snow. Snow had recently…

5 min readMar 28, 2023

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“Midwit historians”: The backlash against Dan Snow

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An Historian

Kim Philby and Bad History

A review of A Spy Among Friends claimed the ITV show is bad history, but the review leaves much to be desired.

7 min readJan 9, 2023

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Kim Philby and Bad History

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An Historian

An Historian

UK based academic historian. Interested in modern Britain / the Second World War / Cold War / spies / history of comedy / gender history. Lecturer

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