R.W. Johnson
R.W. Johnson, an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, is the doyen of international commentators on South Africa. He lives in Cape Town.
A light in the darkness
A pioneering school ofers a new vision for South Africa’s failing education system
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Maggie’s greatest gift
Touring the Med in the pioneering gastropub that transformed how we eat
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Free speech and fashionable hypocrisy
Between the Tory government and the University and College Union, will anyone be consistent?