Wesley Smith
Wesley Smith is a history teacher.
End violence in schools
How can people teach and learn in such dangerous conditions?
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant