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
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
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
The virtues of complaint
There’s nothing anti-feminist about female complaint
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry