Education
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
A real education
We need a revolution in the way we teach, the curriculum, extracurriculars and funding
Are private schools worth it?
Parental background has a bigger impact than education
Guardrails of civilisation
If politics is downstream from culture, culture is downstream from the campus
Riffs or rigour?
Arts practice has gained the upper hand over scholarship
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The student loan debate misses the real question
Degrees should be less essential but more valuable
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future