Dr Stephen Spurr
Dr Stephen Spurr was a house master at Eton, headmaster of Clifton College and Head Master of Westminster School
Authoritative not Authoritarian
His Scottish Presbyterian view was not hierarchical
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth