Christopher Barrie

Christopher Barrie is a student at the University of Oxford writing on arts, politics and culture in the UK and MENA. He is on Twitter as @cbarrie

On hagiographies and Thatcher’s foreign policy

Very little has been said about Thatcher's dealings with General Pinochet, apartheid South Africa, the Khmer Rouge, the House of Saud and Saddam Hussein (issues we raised within hours). Let's be clear on exactly what we are being told to "pay tribute" to.

By Christopher Barrie

/ 12 Apr 2013

From welfare to workfare: how the helping hand became a contract

We no longer regard society as having obligations to the poor, but rather the poor as having obligations to society. When and how did this shift take place?

By Christopher Barrie

/ 14 Mar 2013