Dave Sixsmith
Dave Sixsmith is a mathematician and maths teacher.
Rishi gets an F
There’s no point in teaching uninterested students maths
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
