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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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations