Academia
“Watch me take a knife to your throat”
The erosion of academic freedom at LSE has culminated in threats of physical violence
Rhodes still stands
Blaming the British Empire for Brexit is not only ignorant — it’s total rubbish
The new network for gender-critical academics
Welcome news for radical feminists and supporters of free speech
How imaginative should historians be?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about archival research and the importance of source material
David Miller may be a loon, but sacking him would open a Pandora’s Box
Toby Young disagrees with Danny Finkelstein’s call for Miller’s sacking, saying that academic staff should be free to express whatever views they like within the law
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
Is Leicester’s decision to scrap medieval literature the end for serious literary study?
What is being proposed by the university represents the closing down of intellectual horizons and the deliberate vandalism of a highly respected English department
History wars roll on
In Britain, contentious historical issues receive attention to an unprecedented degree
Medusa and toxic femininity
In reply to A Classicist’s response to ‘The Mirror of #MeToo’
Looking back at Medusa
Myths are more malleable than statues
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
