Author: Nigel Biggar
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Israel has every right to defend itself against Hamas’s war crimes – but it must find a just peace
15 October 2023. By Nigel Biggar for The Telegraph. An ‘Iron Wall’ will never make the Jewish state safe. The last 100 years shows it will only make some Palestinians nihilistically violent. Hamas’s attack on Israel has given fresh voice to the view that a just political end legitimates the use of any military means…
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What really motivates the ‘new progressives’
5 October 2023. By Nigel Biggar for The Spectator. Kemi Badenoch is right to say that Britain is not a racist country. The data simply does not support the claim that black and ethnic minority (BME) people in the UK are generally disadvantaged because of the racial prejudice of white Britons – that ‘systemic racism’…
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Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen
29 September 2023. Nigel joins Chuong Nguyen of the Unlicensed Philosophy podcast to discuss Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Listen through the player below or on the Unlicensed Philosophy homepage.
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New Books Network
25 September 2023. Charles Coutinho, a podcaster, interviews Nigel for the New Books Network. Listen through the player below. In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now…
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‘Colonialism’ Review: Empire Without Apology
01 September 2023. Tunku Varadarajan reviews Colonialism for the Wall Street Journal. There is acute subversive delight in reading Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, by Nigel Biggar, emeritus professor of theology at Oxford. The book’s manuscript was rejected in March 2021 by Bloomsbury, the British publishing house that commissioned it, on the spineless ground that “public…
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Colonialism discussed on the Church Ahead Podcast
31 August 2023. In July, Rev L of the Church Ahead Podcast discusses Nigel’s Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. What should British people think about their former empire? Should they feel ashamed? Hear Rev L’s thoughts through the audio player or Spotify link below.
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Rushi Sunak’s war on wokery is both morally right and electorally popular
6 August 2023. By Nigel Biggar for The Telegraph. The Government’s combative response to the recent Coutts’ de-banking of Nigel Farage on “progressive” political grounds suggests that Rishi Sunak is committed to the war against wokery. And so he should be, for three good reasons…. The culture war is no ‘concoction’; it’s a real danger…
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How the British ended slavery
01 August 2023. “In many former European colonies, August 1 is Emancipation Day, celebrating the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire almost two centuries ago. And while our postmodern sensibilities drive our cultural institutions to fixate on the offence of the latter fact, the sin of slavery (an offence shared across almost every culture…
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The Culture Wars and the Rhodes Trust at 120
4 July 2023. In this YouTube video, presented by the Alliance of Rhodes Scholars, Nigel speaks on Cecil Rhodes and the ethics of empire. Nigel’s talk was part of a panel on the history of the Rhodes Trust.
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In conversation with John Anderson
Nigel joins John Anderson for a conversation about Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Through rigorous historical and ethical analysis, Nigel presents a strong case for why the ubiquitous anti-colonial narrative has little grounding in historical fact. Rather, Biggar argues, a survey of the actions of the British Empire in particular reveals it to be a strong…