Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
Research and rescue
The Falkland Islands bids farewell to the RSS James Clark Ross and a Marylebone gallery hosts a virtual exhibition of Antarctic photographs
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary 5.0
Dominic Hilton offends the fumigation guy and witnesses the death of a former President
What’s in a name?
Dominic Hilton laments the various lunacies surrounding his name
Modernising the Royal Family
David Starkey talks to Graham Stewart about the crown’s delicate balance between reform, revolution, and sustaining a useful role
Letter from Washington: Democrats and the f-word
Is scrapping the filibuster really in Democrats’ best interests?
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
French Connections
Jeremy Black discusses with Graham Stewart France’s historical inheritance
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
Amnesty International is wrong to brand Alexei Navalny an anti-hero
The response to the political plight of Navalny has demonstrated that many civil rights organisations are neither principled nor brave
The hypocrisy of The Northern Ireland Office
They would never do to Scotland what they’ve just done to Ulster