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British historian of contemporary Europe; Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford; author of The Magic Lantern (1990), Free Speech (2016) and Homelands (2023).
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On LibertyBook John Stuart Mill
Actually, when I say On Liberty, I mean above all chapter two of On Liberty, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion” which says so much, so brilliantly, so eloquently…
Five Books interview: the best books on Free Speech
2017-11-10·fivebooks.com ↗
Homage to CataloniaBook George Orwell
Anyone who wants to go off and write about Egypt, Tunisia or Libya today should pack a copy of Homage to Catalonia.
Five Books interview: the best books on The History of the Present
2011-04-15·fivebooks.com ↗
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