GCSE
Who wants to be a teacher?
Lucy Kellaway’s memoir is a must-read for anyone considering the profession
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
