Funding? Check your EDI policies
Rather than the merits of the research itself, it now matters more who is doing it
Having one’s head examined
To be Master of an Oxbridge college was once the most prized sinecure in Britain
Too much of a good thing?
The administrative class in UK higher education is bloated, overpaid and arrogant
How to get ahead in academia
The Russell Group is riddled with EDI rot
Charter for Oxbridge cheats
Since digitising all interviews, both universities are rife with reports of abuses
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf