The future is bright for academic freedom
New threats to speech inquiry could inspire an unlikely consensus around openness
The limits of academic freedom
What do we mean by “freedom” and what do we mean by “academic”?
Being “anti-woke” as a protected philosophical belief
How can we protect free speech in professional environments
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
A very British series
Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations
Spare us the wagging finger
Few things are more tedious than books moralising about the deficiencies of yesteryear
Is diversity our strength?
On the failings of multiculturalism
A novel collector
The legacy left by art collector and novelist Hugh Walpole
UK manufacturing is significantly outperforming as a result of Brexit
The doomsters are wrong about Brexit — again
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
Reflections on a ravaged conference
There is a chance here for the rebirth of the right
First lady of the law
The new Lord Chief Justice inherits a role with a rich and varied history
A history of the world set in stone
Popular geology writing is as old as the geological sciences themselves
A circular firing squad
The Conservatives have no one but each other to blame
