Obituary
The man behind the Monster
Bernd Fischer and the need for precision
The best of Heads
Sir Eric Anderson employed the best and let them get on with it
Rescue specialist
He had a particular skill with those who had fallen foul of the system
Old school reformer
Eric understood that the system had to stop being a relic of the past
Master of judgement
Jacob Rees-Mogg remembers a man who knew how to handle people
Fair cop
When he gave you a punishment he’d ask if you agreed it was fair
Authoritative not Authoritarian
His Scottish Presbyterian view was not hierarchical
Trust that sustained a community
The main thing about Sir Eric Anderson was his integrity
A living justification for the Union
Eric was at ease with England, yet contributed something which England alone could not provide
The disarming power of restraint
He showed how the essential prerequisite for greatness is humility
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
