Edinburgh University
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Slaves to bad history
The battle for academic rigour at the home of the Scottish Enlightenment
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
