Why grades can go up even as standards go down
In a new episode of their series on higher education, Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the pathologies of university administration, grade inflation and why “older” does not always mean “better”
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Why are our universities in decline?
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
