Parker 51
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
