For egomaniac Islamic supremacists such as Ramadan, justice burns. He fooled the West for decades, but was convicted of rape in a Swiss court in 2024. Switzerland’s highest court rejected Ramadan’s rape conviction appeal and his lawyers announced in August that they were going to EU Court of Human Rights. No word since. Now he faces justice […]
Introducing Sam Williams, Formerly of Balliol College, Oxford
Of all the Oxford colleges, Balliol is the most famous and, many think, has the most distinguished history. The classicist Benjamin Jowett, translator of Plato, was the celebrated head of Balliol beginning in the 1860s. A famous bit of doggerel about Jowett goes thus: Here come I, my name is Jowett. All there is to […]
The Graves of Academe (European Edition)
#1. Dr Francesca Ammaturo (London Metropolitan University) Queering Southern Italy: Challenges and Opportunities Abstract: Traditionally, research on LGBTQIA+ issues in Italy tends to focus on urban contexts such as Rome, Milan, Bologna or Turin, because these are perceived to be the ideal places where people are free to express their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, compared […]