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The Police Bill isn’t the threat to democracy the Left say it is
If you’re looking for the enemies of free speech, you’re looking the wrong way, argues Robert Poll
Our very British brand of totalitarianism
While sales of “1984” went through the roof this past year, Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision is much more likely to come true than George Orwell’s
Hopkins and Oldman: The very best of British actors
Following the recent Oscar nod for Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, Alexander Larman looks at other parallels between the two thespians
Murray Walker and the end of Golden Age sports commentators
Murray Walker was the last of the great sports commentators who brought us unforgettable sporting moments and catchphrases which delighted a generation
The cancelled charity boss who wants to be mayor
David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester
An island for asylum
Is the Home Office serious about sending asylum seekers to a British island?
Lockdown has fostered a ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women
In the wake of Sarah Everard’s death, why has no one acknowledged that Lockdown has provided the ideal conditions for which violence against women can thrive?
Whites and wrongs
Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)
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
Have schools lost their true purpose?
Schools have become too focussed on training talent in service of the economy to the detriment of individual and collective flourishing
