Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
