I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
Nicholas Guyatt
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Can't quite believe this has finally arrived - thanks again to all the brilliant contributors, and the editorial and production folks who made it happen. Will paste the 30% off code below in case you'd like a copy
Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity
Filled with the spirit of America 250 I wrote about two new general histories of the United States, though I think I can only recommend one of them alas
A sentiment I can get behind
oops should have said that we are also giving you free cake and wine though obv that's not the only reason to come, oh no www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/story/the-un...
Follow the link and use the discount code AAFLYG6 (catchy, eh?) and you should get 30% off - though I'm not sure how long this is valid, so don't delay if you're in the market for a lavishly illustrated history of the US
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If you're anywhere near Cambridge on May 29th, come see Jamelle Bouie, Martha Jones, Heather Thompson & other starry speakers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets are *free* but nearly gone so hit the link below asap www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/story/the-un...
It's so cold in the UK this week that it feels like February, and our supposedly left-wing government is disintegrating in slow motion, so I humbly offer this photo of my cat in a plant pot as a tiny distraction from the gloom
Once again I am asking you all to read the Telegraph apple.news/AW2A3gSb9Rdi...
Thomas Jefferson envisioned America as a lily white republic that rigorously excluded Black people. Join us next week - online or in person - for a frank discussion of race and racism at the founding of The United States.
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Nicholas Guyatt
Reflections on the past, present, and future of independence.
29 May 2026, 12.30pm to 5.30pm, Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge
Annette Gordon-Reed with Brent Staples: Jefferson on Race in New York - Checkout. The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian examines Thomas Jefferson’s complicated and often contradictory views on race and...
