John Hilary

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John Hilary is the author of Magnates and Masterpieces: The German-Jewish Collectors of Edwardian Britain, published in November 2025, and From Refugees to Royalty: The Remarkable Story of the Messel Family of Nymans, published in May 2021. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham and was for many years the Executive Director of the charity War on Want. He has written widely on global issues over the past 25 years, with regular appearances in the Guardian, Independent, New Internationalist and specialist journals.

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My new book Magnates and Masterpieces: The German-Jewish Collectors of Edwardian Britain was published by Yale University Press on 11 November 2025. For photos of the launch event at the Argentine ambassador's residence (formerly the London home of the Beit family) click here.
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From Refugees to Royalty by John Hilary
"This is fascinating book from a range of perspectives. First of all, it shows the plight of Jews in Europe pre 1900. Then it shows in just a few generations one family's assimilation to the higher echelons of British society. It is remarkable. Furthe" Read more of this review »
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“That programme [Supremacy of Capital] has condemned the peoples of the majority world to mass poverty, and now threatens to do the same to those living in the core capitalist economies as they slide towards permanent austerity and social disintegration. The power granted to capital comes at a price, and as the next chapter demonstrates, that price is democracy itself.”
John Hilary, The Poverty of Capitalism: Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next

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