Daniel Villar
The strange death of Constable’s rural idyll
Daniel Villar explores how the English countryside has changed since John Constable painted The Cornfield
Science fiction that shaped the Revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar looks at the impact of Red Star, by Alexander Bognadov
The music of Latin American revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar explores the legacy of the Nueva Trova
Richardson’s indefensible pay is a product of the marketisation of education
The vice chancellor's £350,000 salary betrays a worrying trend in higher education that sees bureaucrats rise while academics fall.
The Paris Climate Accord is now little more than scrap paper
Daniel Villar argues that despite being formed with the best intentions, the Paris Climate Accord now serves as a reminder of a collective failure to combat climate change
Through the Looking Glass: the Auden set
Daniel Villar explores the perils of collaboration for Auden, Day-Lewis, Spender and MacNeice
Dostoyevsky and the crime of orthodoxy
Daniel Villar reflects on how Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s religious beliefs influenced his literature as the anniversary of his death approaches on 9 February
Review: ‘White Trash’ by Nancy Isenberg
Daniel Villar finds this survey of white working class America wanting
Wednesday Weltanschauung: Marijuana Legalisation
Daniel Villar offers a justification for marijuana legalisation which goes beyond domestic interests to consider the effects of criminalisation upon other countries
Scientists of the literary world
Daniel Villar marvels at those who bridge the divide between disciplines
Folk, it is a-changin’
Daniel Villar discusses Bob Dylan’s legacy and the folk revival
In defence of non-fiction literature
Daniel Villar thinks the Nobel Prize committee has neglected non-fiction
One thing I’d change about Oxford… Educating people
Daniel Villar calls for more versatile education in Oxford
Brexit: Saviour of European federalism?
Brexit could reboot the abandoned project of European federalism