Peter Sarris
Peter Sarris is Professor of Late Antique, Medieval and Byzantine Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He tweets at @peter_sarris
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
The upside of the bubonic plague
Historian James Belich has no truck with the plague deniers
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul