David James
David James is a deputy head of of a leading independent school in London. He is co-author with Jane Lunnon of The State of Independence: Key Challenges Facing Private Schools Today (Routledge). His latest book, Schools of Thought: Lessons to learn from schools doing things differently (Bloomsbury) was published in March 2024. He can be found on Twitter at @drdavidajames
The teaching unions are a national disgrace
The teaching unions are not here to promote the value of education
Covid-19 is proving fatal to independent schools
Prejudice against fee paying schools means the crisis is not even being discussed
Caught in the class war crossfire
Independent schools stand to lose, whoever wins the general election
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy