Broken eggs, no omelette
Baroness Williams believed until she died that comprehensive schools fostered equality. Her folly has only entrenched class privilege
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Sincerely ducking the hard questions
Nick Cohen reveals how this book, along with hundreds of political writers like him, ducks the reality of working class life
May 2021: Letters to the Editor
Slaves and sources
Privilege
Privilege comes from the Latin privilegium, a bill or law giving advantage to a private individual
Like father, like son
Philip Larkin’s long association with Kingsley and Martin Amis resulted in the poet being misrepresented and misunderstood
Don’t forget about Mermaids
Stonewall’s younger sibling compares their opponents to the Nazis
Sagas to savour
Was Iceland responsible for the French Revolution, the moon landing and the discovery of America?
Blurred history
Britpop has a bad reputation for stolid, white-boy basicness now, but it’s not a reputation Parklife deserves
The Man who saved the firm
The Duke of Edinburgh’s genius was to ensure that the more the Royal family changed, the more it appeared to remain the same
Sex deniers are the new flat earthers
Those who deny biological sex are dangerous and disingenuous; it’s time the rest of us stood up to them
Crowned heads and brass hats
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about military monarchs