Decolonising
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Deconstructing decolonisation
At its most radical, the push for decolonising the curriculum rests on a series of false assumptions that we need to repudiate
Opening up the British Museum
Honesty about how exhibits were acquired is a necessary first step in addressing our imperial past
Shrunken heads, shrinking horizons
Alexander Larman talks to the controversial director of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum
How much push? Racist anti-racists and the university
Professor Jeremy Black proposes a way of saving history from ideological capture
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
