Hilary Cremin

Uh, but I think that to go back to the original question, the, the Spectator's coverage and the coverage of other newspapers of the affair was driven to an extent by concern about what was happening in our higher education institutions.

And o- one of the pieces that, that I wrote under my name, which is linked to the Arday affair, was less about Jason Arday and more about the person Hilary Cremin, who's the professor who's in charge of the education department.

Um, my criticisms of her were not personal.

They were about what's going on in her name, within her department when it comes to the training of the next generation of teachers, and I'm very happy to stand by that critique.

And indeed, if Hilary Cremin wants to write for The Spectator or appear on our baby podcast, Quite Right, then brilliant.

And then also, um, I'm, I'm just started a new history by a guy called Douglas Smith, uh, who's written about Rasputin and the Russians in the past.

He's, uh, written a book about Vienna, um, called A City Without Jews, which is about what happens with the Nazi takeover of Austria, and it's based around the experience of one particular family.

Um, and it's the best sort of history because it combines both a big and timely theme with close personal detail about the experience of individuals with whom you can identify.