Education
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Talking to young man about Andrew Tate
You cannot educate the urge to transgress out of young men
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
