Edward Skidelsky
Edward Skidelsky is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Exeter
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
The Spectre of Totalitarianism
The worst offenders in the new climate of intolerance are our universities
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was