linguistics
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Twists of the tongue
When competing languages collide, demography eventually supersedes prestige
2022: What can we say?
Weaponised words can only decrease in value
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
