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The end of the old school tie
Private education is under threat from Oxbridge quotas and soaring fees, to the detriment of bright scholarship pupils
Why Victor Davis Hanson thinks Trump will win
The classicist and military historian makes the case fo the president – and a second upset
Reflections of a scientific humanist
Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas
Goodbye to the Gorgoneion
Can we invent myths or are they what make us what we are?
Rumourmongering in times of crisis
Nigel Jones compares the power of rumours in Wartime Britain with the fake news afflictions of our Covid-stricken society
Past imperfectionists
The extremism of the project against our traditional idea of the museum is on full display at the Pitt Rivers
Welcome to Covidworld
Ian James Kidd and Matthew Ratcliffe assess our new altered reality, where accepted norms do not apply
The Trump show will go on
Whatever happens in the election, the groups of Americans brought together by the president will continue to revere him
Elegant defender of lost causes
Daniel Johnson recalls the colourful life of Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
