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History in the House: a book that reminds us of the vital importance of open debate
Davenport-Hines charts the history of a succession of highly intelligent and independently-minded historians, all based at one Oxford college.
Davenport-Hines charts the history of a succession of highly intelligent and independently-minded historians, all based at one Oxford college.
There is an implicit lesson from the early years of Italy’s post-war democracy that appears to have not been lost on Meloni.
Elisabeth Braw’s new book, exploring the boons and failures of globalisation, is a salutary tale of western geopolitical naivety.
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The conflict between war and law, explored in Gary Bass’s latest work, is tragically in play again.
Robert Hardman treads a fine line of building a good degree of trust with his subjects without, quite, falling into a level of obsequiousness that would invite mockery.
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