Multiculturalism
Sectarian cinema?
It may not be easy, but multicultural societies must embrace liberal values if they are to survive
Stirring the melting pot
Ethnicity pay gap reporting is a terrible idea, so why won’t it go away?
Supporting multiculturalism is the natural conservative position
Attacking it attacks the very essence of Britishness
Before the current era
In a time of multiculturalism, mere words provoke apoplexy
The elephant in the classroom
Imagining itself to be impartial, the “neutral” RE curriculum imposes its own claim
How a twenty-year-old report started the culture wars
The Parekh report argued that ‘Britishness’ as previously understood was now defunct
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
