Education
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
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?
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic