JL Carr
My first Carr
A S H Smyth discovers a true English literary eccentric, born on this day in 1912
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
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
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm