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
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain