comprehensive schools
Broken eggs, no omelette
Baroness Williams believed until she died that comprehensive schools fostered equality. Her folly has only entrenched class privilege
Shirley Williams – her legacy for education
Shirley Williams secured a selective school for her own daughter – but did not understand why other parents might want that choice
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government