Of mice and men and Magdalen
C. S. Lewis’s Oxford by Simon Horobin
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
