Academic Freedom
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
The limits of academic freedom
What do we mean by “freedom” and what do we mean by “academic”?
Being “anti-woke” as a protected philosophical belief
How can we protect free speech in professional environments
Burn the book!
In which activists protest against the publication of a book they know little about
The university lie
Can academia still support meaningful intellectual life?
Why UCL are shutting the door on Stonewall
The university is taking a stand against an organisation that has lost its way
Failing their own
The University College Union is hounding members out of their jobs for holding gender-critical views
Is transphobia an academic critique?
The abhorrent treatment of Kathleen Stock by Sussex UCU is a loss for academic freedom
“Watch me take a knife to your throat”
The erosion of academic freedom at LSE has culminated in threats of physical violence
March 2024: Letters to the Editor
Record-setting sons and founding fathers
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
