Neil Thin
Neil Thin works at the University of Edinburgh. He tweets at @NeilThin
What’s the point of grades?
We need to rethink exam results as indicators of personal achievement
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?