Grub Street
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
An Oxford arriviste
Shades of Brideshead and Saltburn at an unconvincing “classy” Oxford restaurant
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
The joy of old English
Interest in language was once the domain of antiquarians and clergymen
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
