Martin In The Margins

Last week I received an invitation to a showing of the new film about Stuart Hall (not that one – this one) – you can watch a t...

Last week I wrote about the way that one’s historical sympathies can be swayed by one’s ancestors’ political affiliations, and I mentione...

I imagine serious historians must tear their hair out at programmes like Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?  which was on BBC 4 la...

Ten years on, despite the grainy footage, I still find this early expression of transatlantic solidarity deeply moving. America, our thought...

A few things that may have passed you by in the last seven days or so: As Labour ponders its leadership and its electoral prospects, Luke...

This story (£) is so replete with opportunities for mockery that I would have dismissed it as a spoof, had it not appeared in the august pa...

This was the week that my union, the University and College Union, responded to criticisms that its obsession with Israel was effectively an...

Speaking of the Wedding … A couple of days before the big event, my son and I happened to be in central London, and we made a special deto...

I’ve been thinking about the institution of monarchy quite a lot recently. And not just because of a certain event , though I’ll come back t...