James Olsen
James Olsen is a composer, musicologist and music educator. He is an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.
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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
