Ofsted
The danger of civil service overreach
How can working within the law be in breach of the Civil Service Code?
Exams are good for children
Lowering standards is no act of kindness
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson