Tag: The Telegraph
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History Defended
Oriel College’s statue of Cecil Rhodes has become a lightning-rod in the debate about Britain’s colonial past. But the complexities of the man and his activities in South Africa are often reduced to crude hyperbole and absurd analogy. The Telegraph has recently posted Steven Edginton’s interview of Nigel Biggar, in which they explore Rhodes’ life and work in…
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Political Discrimination Should be Unacceptable
The threat to academic freedom is no myth. Nigel Biggar makes this clear in his recent comment for The Telegraph (8 August 2020). Biggar’s “Political discrimination should be as unacceptable as racism at universities” highlights the problems at UK universities, where discrimination in political matters not only remains unfair but also disproportionately marginalises, and silences, conservative views. His…
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Questions that Need Satisfactory Answers
On 10 February 2020, The Telegraph published Nigel Biggar’s reflections on the ‘decolonising’ proposal, which would have ‘Western museums surrender objects taken by European imperialists centuries ago.’ For Biggar, such a proposal raises a number of questions that require satisfactory response. The article, “Let’s stop this descent into self-pitying Empire shame over our universities’ ancient artefacts”, can be found…