Dan Waterfield
Dan Waterfield is a Social Democrat with a PhD in History. He tweets at @danwaterfield
Justification by merit alone?
The American Dream is a national theology foundered on the rocks of race and meritocracy
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
Trouble in Toryland
The Conservative Party is in deep trouble, and headed towards a probable post-defeat leadership battle
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
The secret diary of a parly staffer
Time to find something more productive for mediocre graduates to do
Children need education, not indoctrination
We need more debate on what children are being taught in RHSE
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
The Road to the Cass Review — (5) Lord Moonie
How one “awkward sod” refused to follow the trend on gender
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more