Christopher Harvie is a historian who was professor of British and Irish studies at Tübingen University, Germany. His homepage is here. He was a member of the Scottish parliament from 2007-11. His website is here
Among Christopher Harvie's many books are Scotland: A Short History (Oxford University Press, 2002), Deep Fried Hillman Imp (Argyll, 2004); Mending Scotland (Argyll, 2005); A Floating Commonwealth: Politics, Culture, and Technology on Britain's Atlantic Coast, 1860-1930 (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Broonland: The Last Days of Gordon Brown (Verso, 2010)
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Published in: HomeAfter the fall: Hobsbawm from the northThe great reach of the historian Eric Hobsbawm found its limit at the borders of multinational Britain, says...
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Published in: HomeGlasgow's Victorian farewell
Scotland's largest city plans to remove Victorian-era statues from a landmark square. A backward move in the name of...
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Published in: HomeA Grimm fairytale: Anglo-Hanoverian union (1715-1837) and after
The historical links between Germany and Britain - aristocratic, political, industrial - are full of lost...
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Published in: HomeThe matter of Britain
The paths of national politics in Scotland and England are ever more divergent. Through a singular mix of...
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Published in: HomeA 'dishonesty of the conscientious': Gordon Brown’s tragedy
The literature of human fall and frailty illuminates the political fate of Britain’s prime minister.