Scratch a humanities scholar and you can expect a fierce defence of his or her subject

There has been much debate recently in the UK about the government’s wish to link funding more closely to the “impact” of academic research, and many in the humanities feel their disciplines are under attack.

Matthew Reisz has written a very good article in this week’s Times Higher, asking if ‘the best that has been thought and said’ still has a place in today’s universities.