Paul Heron
Paul Heron is a Welsh writer based in Poland. He writes at Some Private Diagonal and tweets at @paul_heron_ .
The Anglo-Dutch moment and its consequences
The English and the Dutch owe more to each other than they realise
Bridget Phillipson’s educational agenda must be opposed
The Department for Education is taking aim at standards in British schools
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Labour’s inaction on religious persecution
The Freedom of Religion or Belief brief is simply being ignored by the government
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse