Put simply, A Front Row Seat at the End of History is a collection of essays by academics Michael (M.L.R) Smith and David Martin Jones, most written collaboratively, over the course of a quarter of a century. It spans topics from international relations, Brexit and the decline of the West, to the crisis in higher education, popular literature, and sitcoms from the 1970s. It offers a stimulating and insightful commentary on geopolitics, culture and – what must now be considered – recent ...