...I believe that one of the great contributions of British historians of the 20th century to history and the historical profession has been their willingness to look beyond the British Isles.
...As there was a growing pressure to publish, and publish to a deadline – which I think is a disaster, and has been an intellectual disaster...
...In Oxford there was and is an enormous commitment to individual teaching, or teaching in very small numbers, and a real interest in the intellectual development of undergraduates.