Cornelia van der Poll
Cornelia van der Poll is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Oxford.
Restore Trust
Many members have decided to walk away and leave the National Trust to its fate. They need to come back
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
