Education
Canada’s war on children
Teacher Carolyn Burjoski dared to question the trans lobby, and the reaction was straight out of the TRA handbook
In defence of good grammar
Why Angela Rayner needs to stop torturing our language
Safeguarding nightmare
The problem with “teacher activism”
Unleash your inner Einstein
Science needn’t be difficult and dull, but we must inspire people with its wonders
Walking a tightrope, tying themselves in knots
The Welsh Government’s new sex education curriculum is not fit for purpose
Her story repeats itself
Hidden Lessons is filled with clichéd phrasing and, even worse, predictable and clichéd thinking
A sea of staring eyes
Overcrowded lectures are bad enough, but Zoom and masks are incompatible with learning
Failing Black history
Attempts to “decolonise” school history ignore academic rigour in favour of mere tokenism
The classroom culture war
Saving education from the forces that wish to politicise it is one the most important cultural challenges of our time
Low panic at high table
The Christ Church coup attempt is fast morphing into a much darker fiasco
Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
Strange brew
The joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in
Big questions, muddled answers
Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas
It was absurd we accepted lockdown
It isn’t just the parties that should make us so angry, but the draconian restrictions themselves
A strident legacy
In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own
BlobWatch season approaches
The National Trust is well on its way to becoming another soulless corporate body
Rule of silence
Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence
Gaullism at a crossroads
The French Right faces its old demons and its moment of truth
Pedigree chums
Patrick Galbraith salutes the perfection of “imperfect” dogs
Jugular vain
Hannah Betts artfully curates the perfect neckmess
Below the belt
Why is the government comparing Christian pastoral care to rape?