The Biggar Picture

Pratinav Anil's careless (and possibly dishonest) criticism

An open letter to the TLS.

Mar 12 • Nigel Biggar

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Starmer’s Blind Obedience

International law, when obeyed slavishly, is a boon to the world’s monsters

Mar 9 • Nigel Biggar

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February 2026

The Church and Racial Injustice

My Remarks to a Fringe meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England

Feb 25 • Nigel Biggar

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Debating in Doha

I Without considerable native participation, colonial rule in the African continent and the Indian subcontinent wouldn’t have been possible.

Feb 17 • Nigel Biggar

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Trump was right to decapitate Venezuela's government

This is true regardless of whether it was legal.

Feb 11 • Nigel Biggar

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Highlights of my First Year on Substack

My best articles

Feb 9 • Nigel Biggar

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David Abulafia, CBE, has Passed. זכרונו לברכה

We lost another great historian. Vanishingly few remain.

Feb 4 • Nigel Biggar

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January 2026

Assisted Suicide and the Dangers of the Anecdote

Don't miss the bigger picture!

Jan 26 • Nigel Biggar

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Poll: The People in the Pews don't Support Reparations

The Church of England's leadership has lost touch with the faithful

Jan 19 • Nigel Biggar

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Chagos

The war has not yet been lost.

Jan 12 • Nigel Biggar

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It's 'Bombay' not 'Mumbai'

Do you say 'Moskva' for 'Moscow'? 'Wien' for 'Vienna'? Do you expect the French to drop 'Londres'? Of course not.

Jan 5 • Nigel Biggar

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December 2025

Decolonisers Abusing History

Ever since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, cultural institutions in Britain have been falling over themselves to signal their virtue by…

Dec 31, 2025 • Nigel Biggar

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