Great Thinkers

Great Thinkers: Richard Fardon FBA on Mary Douglas FBA

'Purity and Danger', a book exploring the concepts of pollution and taboo in societies around the...

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Great Thinkers: John Curtice FBA on David Butler FBA

For three decades, David Butler FBA was the BBC’s go-to psephologist, covering every election...

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Great Thinkers: Jose Harris FBA on Beatrice Webb FBA

In 1931, the British Academy elected its first female fellow, Beatrice Webb. A sociologist,...

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Great Thinkers: John Kay FBA on G.L.S. Shackle FBA

G.L.S. Shackle FBA spent his career advocating the importance of understanding uncertainty in...

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Great Thinkers: Dawn Adès FBA on John Golding FBA

John Golding FBA’s extensive career included writing the definitive book on Cubism and staging...

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Vernon Bogdanor FBA on A.V. Dicey FBA

What would A.V. Dicey FBA, the leading advocate of the ‘rule of law’ who died in 1922, think...

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Hew Strachan FBA on Michael Howard FBA

‘Captain Professor’ Michael Howard FBA is a British Army veteran who was awarded the Military...

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Jane Heal FBA on Elizabeth Anscombe FBA

Elizabeth Anscombe FBA was one of the most important moral philosophers of the 20th century. In...

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Uta Frith FBA on M.R. James FBA

Famous for writing some of Edwardian Britain’s most terrifying ghost stories, M.R. James FBA was...

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Rana Mitter FBA on Arnold J. Toynbee FBA

The publication of his 12-volume 'A Study of History' made Arnold Toynbee one of the most...

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