After defeat to Italy at the last Euros, I wrote for ⁦La Stampa⁩ on Gareth Southgate, politics + England. Politics has moved on. Has the team? Marco Zatterin Filippo Ricci Inghilterra, un Regno sempre più disunito e pieno di rabbia - La Stampa lastampa.it/topnews/primo-…

Grazie grazie grazie Jasmine. Ci riproviamo tra un anno!

It has been a joy to teach British history and politics in the William Morris Room at Exeter College, Oxford, surrounded by his pipe, spectacles, nibbled brushes and Burne-Jones tapestries. Oxford Continuing Education

My latest documentary airs TONIGHT on BBC One at 8pm. 'Why Trains Crash' is part of the new 'Why...?' strand available on BBC Iplayer. A big thank-you to everyone who has taken part in this film and to the fabulous teams at Windfall Films and BBC. Hope you can watch.

Awful and unnecessary managerial vindictiveness at Goldsmiths. These are my friends and former colleagues. As well as excellent research, History at Goldsmiths has always been a motor of social mobility, nurturing local, working class students. This is a deep social injustice.

The past three decades have seen the Everymanification of British politics. 🖊️ Finn McRedmond newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Postcards from an Oxford summer school. 💌 Some snapshots of life at both our Inspiring Oxford summer school at Brasenose College and our History, Politics and Society summer school at Exeter College. 🔗Browse our summer programmes: buff.ly/3A5ksKK 📸Anna J Davis

theguardian.com/books/article/… Nice interview by Tim Adams. But there are mistakes too. The book's not just about prominent Nazis. The article misspells Hobsbawm and Wodehouse. It was not the Royal Society of Literature but the British Academy. I only have one dog.

Thread relating to the issues around Alexandra Wilson and John Armstrong ‘s posts, political dogma and education. Ralph Miliband, father of David and Ed (and well to the left of either) was a through-going Marxist, quite contemptuous of the Labour Party, about whom he wrote. (1)

‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive theguardian.com/books/article/…

Given the wall-to-wall coverage being given to the sinking of a luxury yacht near Palermo, I'm reposting this to show the difference in the apparent value of the human life of a tech billionaire and that of "corpse n° 47". x.com/NickWhithorn/s…

Welcome discussion of class, crammed in before the 9 o’clock news on BBC Radio 4 Today, but it is about much more than ‘identity’.

To mark International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT), you might be interested in catching this exhibition LSE Library, curated by OU PhD student Gareth Bryant lse.ac.uk/library/whats-…. Closes on 15 Sept.

Come to our new seminar series! Our new British Political History Research Group are meeting over September for three online talks. Here's the line-up: fass.open.ac.uk/research/group… First up: Lise Butler on Thurs 5 Sept 7pm on Michael Young and the early Open University. All welcome!

The ⁦POLIS⁩ British Political History Group Seminars start next Thursday with ⁦Lise Butler⁩ in conversation with ⁦Dan Taylor⁩ on ‘Michael Young and The Open University’. ⁦OU Arts & Social Sciences⁩ ⁦The Open University⁩ All welcome. fass.open.ac.uk/research/group…

In the 2nd British Political History Group Seminar on 12 September I will be talking to ⁦Alwyn Turner⁩ about his book, Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era. You can register for all the seminars below. ⁦OU Arts & Social Sciences⁩ ⁦HistoryOU⁩ fass.open.ac.uk/research/group…

Academic free speech is too crucial to be used as a political football by left or right | Sonia Sodha | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

📢 Calling all politics and history enthusiasts! Dive into the fascinating world of British political history through our series of interactive seminars starting tomorrow at 7pm POLIS. Sign up: ow.ly/VkYX50TftlO

Tonight.