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Memory lane, post-industrial decline and the future of British politics
This Substack has been going for almost three years, but has yet to feature a personal post.
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August 2024

After all this week’s fuss, I still disagree with scholar-activism
This week on Twitter/X, there has been lively debate about the role of activism in academia.
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July 2024

You can’t end the culture war
In 1999, Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that ‘the class war is over’.
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Three thoughts on Thursday's election
As expected, Labour won Thursday’s UK election and Keir Starmer is prime minister.
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What would a Labour supermajority tell us?
By a crushing margin, the Labour Party is set to win Thursday’s UK election.
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June 2024

We’re all excellent now
Recently, the scientist and Substacker Ruxandra Teslo published two superb essays on the decline of the ‘Weird Nerd’ in academia.
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If Starmer is so untrustworthy, how can I vote Labour?
This Substack is almost three years old.
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May 2024

Evidence for elite overproduction could be better
On reformulating an important hypothesis
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Two announcements and an event
I hope everyone is well.
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Thomas Prosser
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April 2024

Britain’s instability problem
During this parliament, one book has proved unusually prescient.
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March 2024

Notes on an academic spat
This week on X (formerly Twitter), there was a notable dispute between the conservative journalist Charlotte Gill and British humanities academics.
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James O’Brien and low liberalism
A review of How They Broke Britain by James O’Brien
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