Herbert Jones
Herbert Jones is an academic at a world-leading Russell Group university, conducting research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
An unconventional (Re)Freshers’ Guide
How to be sane and subversive amid student life
Taking Stock
“Freedom of speech is alive and well at Oxford” — but for how much longer?
The perils of a young academic
Students must take on academic groupthink
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome