The dark reality of cancel culture at Cambridge
Just reading a “gender-critical” book was enough for a young student to be ostracised
Managerialism is a threat to universities
New reforms could disempower individuals in the face of institutions
No word should be inherently unsayable
Context matters — whatever the language police might say
Why British universities are bowing to Beijing
Commercial interests appear to be compromising academic freedom
Censorship is not the answer to hatred
Don’t throw the free speech baby out with the anti-semitic bathwater
TRAs are still partying like it’s 2019
The law has changed, but it hasn’t yet shifted university culture
In defence of counter-protest
The police’s “facilitation” model is too close to being an endorsement of mob rule
Leeds University is abandoning intellectual independence
Leeds has elevated a contested body of thought to an institutional doctrine
Worst practices for academic freedom
Academics are still facing pressure to censor themselves
Trumping free speech
Two wrongs don’t make a right and Republicans are wrong to try and silence their opponents
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The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The green myth
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Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy