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Jonathan Sumption
Book Review
The life of peasants was not pleasant
Patrick Joyce’s latest book is really an ode, an elegiac lament for the passing of a distinctive way of life
By Jonathan Sumption
Book Review
What lies behind the obsession with race transforming universities?
Doug Stokes challenges the dominant cultural and political narrative which portrays Britain as endemically racist
By Jonathan Sumption
Book Review
The tragic figure of Henry III
Most biographies are colored by hero-worship. Carpenter’s is no exception, but the hero isn’t Henry
By Jonathan Sumption
Book Review
The magic of manuscripts
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts by Mary Wellesley reviewed
By Jonathan Sumption
Book Review
A written constitution is no defense against authoritarian government
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley reviewed
By Jonathan Sumption
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