Anonymous Academic
Anonymous Academic is a university lecturer and Professor of Psychology.
A sea of staring eyes
Overcrowded lectures are bad enough, but Zoom and masks are incompatible with learning
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Stop underestimating British tech
We should not surrender to the idea that American companies can do everything better
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
