Independent Schools
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
In defence of independent schools
If they ain’t broke, don’t fix ‘em
Out with the in-crowd
Barely surving a nightmarish camp
Going the full Munch
A traumatising letter from St Paul’s arrives
Schoolboy error
The folly of public schools’ race to embrace the religion of wokeness
Who wants to be a teacher?
Lucy Kellaway’s memoir is a must-read for anyone considering the profession
Critical Race Schools
A student spectator on the wokification of the curriculum
The perils of privilege
Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere
Is the age of the single-sex boarding school over?
As Winchester College prepares to turn co-educational, Alexander Larman asks if single-sex boarding schools may soon become a thing of the past
Educating the G&T set
Claudia Savage-Gore on the tricky social nuances of London day schools
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill