Academia
Why the French do higher education better
Unlike in Britain, students are treated as the adults that they are
Worst practices for academic freedom
Academics are still facing pressure to censor themselves
Don’t fall for the Oxbridge Master’s
For all the hype, it can be of minor significance
Bye bye, EDI?
King’s College London drops “diversity statement” requirement after free speech concerns
The problem with “citation justice”
A seemingly noble ambition excessively politicises scholarship
Britain has gone uni tunes
There is no defence for the expansion of the university system
The pitfalls of peer review
The supposed gold standard for academic rigour can be nothing of the kind
Why we should check sources
We have to know if authors are being diligent with evidence
Cambridge University was right to honour Angela Davis
It has exposed its real values and standards
Will universities accept academic freedom?
Job adverts still demonstrate a deep commitment to ideological biases
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches