Education
Why British universities are bowing to Beijing
Commercial interests appear to be compromising academic freedom
Levelling the learners
The Curriculum and Assessment Review is a bundle of cliches with compromise at its core
Kids, critics and the courage of Kate Clanchy
Writers have to be able to take risks, even if that means angering or upsetting people
Battlegrounds of knowledge
A new conference raises the alarm over academic freedom
TRAs are still partying like it’s 2019
The law has changed, but it hasn’t yet shifted university culture
Are you listening now?
An open letter to the Children’s Commissioner
The purpose of the university
What will become of a society that continually prioritises efficiency over civilisation?
Sorry, Keir Starmer, but schools can’t do it all
“Everythingism” is undermining the real value of education
Leeds University is abandoning intellectual independence
Leeds has elevated a contested body of thought to an institutional doctrine
Don’t fall for the Oxbridge Master’s
For all the hype, it can be of minor significance
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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
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
To infinity immigration and beyond
Soaring rates of citizenship applications show no signs of slowing down
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something