The Spectacular Failure of an Early English Vision of Global Empire
My blog for MEMOs on the career of the Anglo-Dutch merchant, Sir William Courteen, arguably the founder of the British Empire (notwithstanding the collapse of his endeavours): https://memorients.com/articles/the-spectacular-failure-in-the-early-modern-orient-from-which-english-success-in-asia-was-snatched
The Global Ambitions of the Guinea Company and the Early Modern Orient
My blog on the rise and crash of the imperial aspirations of a group of London merchants for Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs): https://memorients.com/articles/the-global-ambitions-of-the-guinea-company-and-the-early-modern-orient
How to Run an Empire Early Modern Style (blog for the History Association, UK)
My blog for the History Association on the character of Anglo-America prior to the independence of the United States: https://historyjournal.org.uk/2020/07/20/how-to-run-an-empire-early-modern-style/