Cambridge University
May: Letters to the Editor
The campaign to cancel Seeley is grotesque
Fight things that really matter
We must not capitulate to self-indulgent and hypocritical student outrage over Cambridge’s Seeley Library
Singing the Blues
The Varsity Match and Boat Race are no longer part of our sporting conversation
Going deep on the river
Make no mistake, the boat race is a blood sport
Professor Gopal has the Varsity blues
Fighting antisemitism is not a “conflict of interest”
Can Cambridge cope with Jordan Peterson?
His visit tests the self-appointed judiciary of acceptable ideas
Witch hunt
Last week Cambridge University Student Union published a guide to “Spotting TERFS in the Field”
Turning students into weapons
The control of free speech at universities is a first step on a path towards totalitarianism
Who runs Cambridge?
How truth-seeking dons are organised and fighting back against social justice academics
Cancelled by his college
How a panicking Cambridge institution obliterated the memory of one of its most famous sons
Most Read
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
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback