grammar schools
A real education
We need a revolution in the way we teach, the curriculum, extracurriculars and funding
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
The sad, slow death of state schooling
The decline in standards has been dismayingly avoidable
The roots of school rage
The closure of grammar schools entrenched privilege
De-educating Britain
Peter Hitchens’ new book details how the destruction of grammar schools has betrayed children from modest backgrounds
Shirley Williams – her legacy for education
Shirley Williams secured a selective school for her own daughter – but did not understand why other parents might want that choice
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
