Robert Davis
Robert A. Davis is Professor of Religious and Cultural Education and Director of the Robert Owen Centre in the University of Glasgow. He has lived in Cumbernauld since 1964 and is writing in a personal capacity. He tweets at @Rokewood
L’Architecture of Lanarkshire
Urban planning should depend on local residents more than abstract debates
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights