Education
Old school reformer
Eric understood that the system had to stop being a relic of the past
Master of judgement
Jacob Rees-Mogg remembers a man who knew how to handle people
Fair cop
When he gave you a punishment he’d ask if you agreed it was fair
Authoritative not Authoritarian
His Scottish Presbyterian view was not hierarchical
Trust that sustained a community
The main thing about Sir Eric Anderson was his integrity
A living justification for the Union
Eric was at ease with England, yet contributed something which England alone could not provide
The key to self-care
Claudia Savage-Gore stays alert and survives by sending the little darlings back to school
The disarming power of restraint
He showed how the essential prerequisite for greatness is humility
Back to school…or is remote learning enough for now?
And is there a point to counter-factual history?
The Idea of a twenty-first century University
Newman’s Idea of The University imagined by Jeremy Black and William Gibson for the modern world
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
