Ciaron Tobin
Ciaron Tobin studies history at Magdalen College and has written for the Catholic Herald. He tweets at @ciarontobin
The fall of the House of Rejoin
A popular cause has withered into an elitist dinner club
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Apart from the aqueducts, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths and town planning
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
Rape crisis sabotage is a feature, not a bug, of trans activism
Trans activism is uniquely incompatible with anti-rape activism
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
What price justice?
Small disputes involving ordinary people are not a waste of the courts’ time
So many art fairs, so little time
On the forums that bring together dealer and buyer
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman