Academia
From monoculture to counterculture: why I am leaving Birkbeck for Buckingham
It is difficult for people with heterodox opinions to survive in modern universities
Ideas, influence and international politics
The academic origins of geopolitics explained
Why public health has become a dirty word
The field has been hijacked by a politicised and self-serving class of experts
Cancel culture in academia
Umut Özkırımlı in conversation with Laura Favaro
The university lie
Can academia still support meaningful intellectual life?
What I learned from failing my PhD
Intellectual life shouldn’t be a combat sport
What are your links to slavery?
Some of those connected with the slave trade by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography have only the most tenuous of associations
Murders for April
Dark academia and classic hollywood horror
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
A classic case of missing the point
A misguided campaign to decolonise the Univerity of London’s Classics curriculum
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Fine art versus luxury goods
The auction houses’ love expensive brands
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
