Education
The decline of Durham
The collegiate system is an essential virtue of Durham University and should not be abandoned
Reclaiming private education for the masses
Advocates for freedom in school choice should not rely on sob stories, but on a principled defence of markets and the profit motive
It’s high time hi-vis visits were invisible
Politicians should stop using workers and children for cheap PR points
Instead of teaching boys about misogyny, teach children about feminism
Keir Starmer’s attempts to clamp down on woman-hating among boys could do more harm than good
AI will make our children stupid
We are creating a terrible learning environment for the young
What left and right get wrong about grammar schools
It was their liberal curricula that made grammar schools so successful
Managerialism is a threat to universities
New reforms could disempower individuals in the face of institutions
A discipline in danger
Universities should not respond to funding crises by axeing the arts
Homebrewed school reform
The home education movement is here to stay. That’s a good thing for everyone
The case against An Inspector Calls
A short predictable play is a bad introduction to literature
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
Mahmood music
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a lot less tough than they sound
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
Getting a handle on Handel
Robert Thicknesse and friends reflect on Handel and his heyday
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all