Reality check: mathematics is not racist
Engaging with students on the history of mathematics would do far more than pretending that the subject abounds with racism
Just keep swimming
Those of us who partake in open air swimming should be allowed to return to this miraculous prophylactic
The man behind the Monster
Bernd Fischer and the need for precision
Decolonise … Maths?
Algebra and arithmetic in the modern sense were not due to the Greeks, writes Mark Ronan
Dark matters
Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
