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In defence of excellence
The anti-elitist Left and libertarian Right are both wrong
Universities must face the music
It is not too late to fix education’s arts crisis
A writer unsure who he wanted to be
Emile Zola: A Determined Life by Robert Lethbridge; Émile Zola: Writing Modern Life by Rachel Bowlby
Free thinking
Is true liberty a matter of independence or non-interference?
Gary Stevenson is a new voice for old ideas
Garyism is a triumph of style over substance
Al fresco or Tesco
Which way, young Western man?
How Nicola Sturgeon cooked her grouse
The former First Minister of Scotland is beyond suspicion — except by her own standards
The evils of obligatory lying
Compelled lying discriminates against Christians
The wisdom of Corbynistas
Reform UK should not make an enemy of their online sceptics
How to get ahead in academia
The Russell Group is riddled with EDI rot
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
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