Gary Love
@garylove.bsky.social
Professor of British History & Culture @NTNU, Trondheim. Researching history of British Conservatism & centre-right internationalism; writing politics in modern Britain; & women in British politics
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Interested in writing as a way of 'doing' politics? Then read this new collection of essays, Writing Politics in Modern Britain, edited by @richardtoye.bsky.social & @garylove.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
Writing Politics in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - British Government, Politics and Policy - Writing Politics in Modern Britain
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February 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Interested in writing as a way of 'doing' politics? Then read this new collection of essays, Writing Politics in Modern Britain, edited by @richardtoye.bsky.social & @garylove.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
My own chapter in our new edited volume Writing Politics in Modern Britain focuses on Conservative political writing and cultures of publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s. It builds on previous work I did in this area on the interwar period. It was also my only chance to get ‘Octopus’ in a title
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 AM
My own chapter in our new edited volume Writing Politics in Modern Britain focuses on Conservative political writing and cultures of publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s. It builds on previous work I did in this area on the interwar period. It was also my only chance to get ‘Octopus’ in a title
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, edited by Gary Love & Richard Toye, has now been published by CUP in Hardback & Paperback. Delighted to get my copies. Thanks to all the wonderful contributors who have helped us to bring the broader subject to life
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, edited by Gary Love & Richard Toye, has now been published by CUP in Hardback & Paperback. Delighted to get my copies. Thanks to all the wonderful contributors who have helped us to bring the broader subject to life
The press release for our book:
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Political writing retains an important and complex role in the national conversation, new book shows
Political published writing retains an “important and complex role” in the national conversation – despite huge social and technological changes this century, a new book shows. Books and magazines ha...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The press release for our book:
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website:
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
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What Political Books Do (Even When No One Reads Them)
When we think about politics today, we tend to think about speeches, soundbites, social media posts, or rolling news. Books can seem almost incidental: slow, old-fashioned, and increasingly marginal.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website:
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
I cant say its an absolute bargain, but the 40% MUP sale does being the price down to £57 and make it a bit more of an affordable investment. Sale lasts until end of January: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation
Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love
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January 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I cant say its an absolute bargain, but the 40% MUP sale does being the price down to £57 and make it a bit more of an affordable investment. Sale lasts until end of January: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Thanks to @timbale.bsky.social for his positive and very clear review of our edited book on the history of the centre-right in Northwest Europe. Available on Early View in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social for those who have access.
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Continental ‘Tories’: How Different from ‘our’ Tories?
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December 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Thanks to @timbale.bsky.social for his positive and very clear review of our edited book on the history of the centre-right in Northwest Europe. Available on Early View in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social for those who have access.
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Historians. Do any of you use a historical timeline feature in your teaching at the lower levels where students can collectively add to it? We can’t use Padlet here so I’m wondering what alternatives are out there. Any experiences to share?
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Historians. Do any of you use a historical timeline feature in your teaching at the lower levels where students can collectively add to it? We can’t use Padlet here so I’m wondering what alternatives are out there. Any experiences to share?
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I know this has done the rounds already but I want to put it out there again because it basically speaks my heart and position on genAI. an absolute shame on those of you who use it and push for its use, regardless of context, but especially in education.
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I know this has done the rounds already but I want to put it out there again because it basically speaks my heart and position on genAI. an absolute shame on those of you who use it and push for its use, regardless of context, but especially in education.
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New & upcoming titles include:
➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov
➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett
➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women
Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI
➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov
➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett
➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women
Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI
New Perspectives on the Right - Manchester University Press
The series publishes the best and most innovative titles on the politics of the Right, drawn from the fields of sociology, history, cultural studies and political science and stimulating debate across...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New & upcoming titles include:
➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov
➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett
➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women
Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI
➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov
➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett
➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women
Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI
Heard a bit about this over the weekend. Looks like a really interesting book.
"Our purpose in The Modern British City is not merely to describe urban change but to explain why British cities, in all their extraordinary multifariousness, look and feel the way they do today"
Really excited for this expansive new book coming out in November www.lundhumphries.com/blogs/featur...
Really excited for this expansive new book coming out in November www.lundhumphries.com/blogs/featur...
September 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Heard a bit about this over the weekend. Looks like a really interesting book.
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On 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation
Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love
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September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation
September 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation
Jonas Gahr Støre will now face an extremely difficult task of trying to satisfy 4 other parties in SV, Rødt, MDG & particularly SP in coalition &/ or budget talks. Yet, the ‘bourgeois’ side does not look any easier to align & for a centre party like SP. The negotiations will take time.
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Jonas Gahr Støre will now face an extremely difficult task of trying to satisfy 4 other parties in SV, Rødt, MDG & particularly SP in coalition &/ or budget talks. Yet, the ‘bourgeois’ side does not look any easier to align & for a centre party like SP. The negotiations will take time.
Norwegian FrP projected to have 23.9%. Now second largest party after the Labour Party (27.9%). Høyre (Conservatives) down to 14.5%. Looks like a Labour minority gov’t or a leftist majority coalition. Centre-right & market liberals in trouble
September 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Norwegian FrP projected to have 23.9%. Now second largest party after the Labour Party (27.9%). Høyre (Conservatives) down to 14.5%. Looks like a Labour minority gov’t or a leftist majority coalition. Centre-right & market liberals in trouble
Norway’s radical right party FrP text 430,000 young men today to warn them against voting for parties on the left in the Norwegian general election on election day. I’m pleased to say at almost 44 years of age that they consider me to be one of those young men :)
September 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Norway’s radical right party FrP text 430,000 young men today to warn them against voting for parties on the left in the Norwegian general election on election day. I’m pleased to say at almost 44 years of age that they consider me to be one of those young men :)
Norwegian general election day 🇳🇴 I’ve voted and looking forward to seeing an exit poll before I have to go to bed and get up bright and early to travel to the U.K.
September 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Norwegian general election day 🇳🇴 I’ve voted and looking forward to seeing an exit poll before I have to go to bed and get up bright and early to travel to the U.K.
It’s finally publication day for our ed. volume on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in North-West Europe! I don’t have my own copies yet but when they arrive I plan to post more about the book. I’d be grateful if you would recommend it to your university libraries. We hope to achieve a paperback
September 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It’s finally publication day for our ed. volume on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in North-West Europe! I don’t have my own copies yet but when they arrive I plan to post more about the book. I’d be grateful if you would recommend it to your university libraries. We hope to achieve a paperback
British women’s history (WW2) folks, can I pick your brains on sources? I have a student in Norway who would like to do a small project on women’s roles in the war & she’s interested in WAAF, WVS, etc. are there any records or sources available online that would be useful? Places to start? Thanks 🙏
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
British women’s history (WW2) folks, can I pick your brains on sources? I have a student in Norway who would like to do a small project on women’s roles in the war & she’s interested in WAAF, WVS, etc. are there any records or sources available online that would be useful? Places to start? Thanks 🙏
I lament the academic use, but what terrifies me the most is existing in some sort of fake world where nobody really knows anything for real. Personally, I’ll be okay because I’m a technological dinosaur, but I worry about my 1 year old and his education: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs
Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …
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July 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I lament the academic use, but what terrifies me the most is existing in some sort of fake world where nobody really knows anything for real. Personally, I’ll be okay because I’m a technological dinosaur, but I worry about my 1 year old and his education: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Pleased to see that our book Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900 now has a cover and will be out with Cambridge University Press in January!
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Writing Politics in Modern Britain | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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July 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Pleased to see that our book Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900 now has a cover and will be out with Cambridge University Press in January!
@richardtoye.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/no/universit...
@richardtoye.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/no/universit...
Modern European History folks, where do you mostly tend to read book reviews these days in terms of journals? We have a book coming out and I don’t want to neglect a key platform if I can help it
July 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Modern European History folks, where do you mostly tend to read book reviews these days in terms of journals? We have a book coming out and I don’t want to neglect a key platform if I can help it
“Sometimes history is called the queen of humanities. I'd go beyond that; historians are interested in all aspects of human life. They draw on all other disciplines. History helps us to understand the interactions between all parts of human life.”
Peter’s enthusiasm for History has been infectious
Peter’s enthusiasm for History has been infectious
Prof Peter Mandler’s (@petermandler.bsky.social) insatiable curiosity has fuelled an extraordinary career over more than two decades at Cambridge.
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
June 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Sometimes history is called the queen of humanities. I'd go beyond that; historians are interested in all aspects of human life. They draw on all other disciplines. History helps us to understand the interactions between all parts of human life.”
Peter’s enthusiasm for History has been infectious
Peter’s enthusiasm for History has been infectious
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As a contributor, I'm obviously biased, but this edited volume really should be on your radar if you have any interest in the transnational centre-right in Europe. It really pushes the literature beyond just the EPP/European integration and the limits of the national case study.
Excited to see details of our forthcoming edited volume up on the MUP website. Scheduled for publication in July 2025. And we have a cover: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation
Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
As a contributor, I'm obviously biased, but this edited volume really should be on your radar if you have any interest in the transnational centre-right in Europe. It really pushes the literature beyond just the EPP/European integration and the limits of the national case study.
Excited to see details of our forthcoming edited volume up on the MUP website. Scheduled for publication in July 2025. And we have a cover: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation
Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Excited to see details of our forthcoming edited volume up on the MUP website. Scheduled for publication in July 2025. And we have a cover: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/