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Oct 16

TV’s Best Psychopath: The Charmer, Havers and Hamilton

By Will Barber Taylor To depict the psychopath accurately or at least, accurately enough for a television programme, you must ensure that their detachment from the rest of humanity is clear. …

Drama

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TV’s Best Psychopath: The Charmer, Havers and Hamilton
TV’s Best Psychopath: The Charmer, Havers and Hamilton
Drama

9 min read


May 26

Superman and the Politics of Hope

By Will Barber Taylor Superman is sadly often viewed as a dull figure. He’s the big yellow cheese, the superhero that started the whole industry off but one who is too bland to bother being interested in. …

Superman

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Superman and the Politics of Hope
Superman and the Politics of Hope
Superman

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Apr 1

JFK and the Politics of Religion

By Will Barber Taylor Religion is a core part of who many people are. Our beliefs are often as intertwined with the way we act and how we act. As such, for a politician, the religious beliefs that are held can help to form policy and decide the outlook by…

John F Kennedy

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JFK and the Politics of Religion
JFK and the Politics of Religion
John F Kennedy

9 min read


Nov 1, 2022

Kennedy vs Lodge 70 Years On: A Look Back At Massachusetts’ Most Significant Senate Race

By Will Barber Taylor It is perhaps, some might suggest, presumptuous to suggest that the 1952 senate race between Henry Cabot Lodge and John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the most significant race to occur in the long history of Massachusetts — some might argue that such an honour goes to the…

Jfk

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Kennedy vs Lodge 70 Years On: A Look Back At Massachusetts’ Most Significant Senate Race
Kennedy vs Lodge 70 Years On: A Look Back At Massachusetts’ Most Significant Senate Race
Jfk

11 min read


Oct 16, 2022

Sixty Years Since We Were On The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis

By Will Barber Taylor It is inevitable that any political leader will, if they last long enough, face a test that will define their time in office for posterity. For some, that test is economic — how they deal with the threat of poverty to their people. For others that…

Politics

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Sixty Years Since We Were On The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Sixty Years Since We Were On The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Politics

13 min read


Apr 9, 2022

The Slave Owners of Leamington Spa

By Will Barber Taylor This piece is a selection of profiles I wrote some time ago for a project that never came to pass on the slave owners who lived and were associated with the town of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. …

Leamington Spa

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The Slave Owners of Leamington Spa
The Slave Owners of Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa

17 min read


Jun 4, 2021

When Kennedy Met Khrushchev— Marking 60 Years Since the Vienna Summit

By Will Barber Taylor Today marks sixty years since leaders of two of the greatest superpowers of their day sat down to discuss the future of the world. They were polls apart — one with a vibrant, youthful and energetic politician recently elected President of his country by a thin…

John F Kennedy

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When Kennedy Met Khrushchev — Marking 60 Years Since the Vienna Summit
When Kennedy Met Khrushchev — Marking 60 Years Since the Vienna Summit
John F Kennedy

8 min read


Dec 18, 2020

Infrastructure, Industry and Internationalism: The Three Things Labour Needs To Win In 2024

By Will Barber Taylor The Labour Party has not won a General Election since 2005. It is 15 years since Labour won a general election and ten years since it has been in office. These are the stark realities that face the Labour Party currently. It is unfortunate that these…

Keir Starmer

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Infrastructure, Industry and Internationalism: The Three Things Labour Needs To Win In 2024
Infrastructure, Industry and Internationalism: The Three Things Labour Needs To Win In 2024
Keir Starmer

9 min read


Nov 11, 2020

“It was too big for me to judge. He was too big” — The Complexities of Judging Politicians

By Will Barber Taylor The judgement of a politician’s influence, whether in their lifetime or after it, is complicated. Anyone who knows anything about politics will know that people in power get derided, abused and mocked. Satirising and complaining about politicians is as old as politics itself — you only…

Margaret Thatcher

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“It was too big for me to judge. He was too big” — The Complexities of Judging Politicians
“It was too big for me to judge. He was too big” — The Complexities of Judging Politicians
Margaret Thatcher

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Sep 4, 2020

“It’s A Fair Cop” Cribb, Bucket and the Working Class Detective in Victorian Fiction

By Will Barber Taylor Detectives, particularly those that are most recognisable to us, are not often from working class backgrounds. Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Albert Campion, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence, the list is nearly endless of classic detectives. Yet, the majority of the most recognisable detectives…

Inspector Bucket

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“It’s A Fair Cop” Cribb, Bucket and the Working Class Detective in Victorian Fiction
“It’s A Fair Cop” Cribb, Bucket and the Working Class Detective in Victorian Fiction
Inspector Bucket

5 min read

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Will Barber - Taylor

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