Etymology
Fair dinkum dictionary
Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat
Dr Green’s Dictionary: Diversity
Diversity is our strength? Or has history shown us otherwise?
Dr Green’s Dictionary: Narrative
In politics, narrative is now less synonymous with events than with their exposure as a pack of lies
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God