Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
