PhDs
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Free speech is about principle, not political convenience
One might disagree with pro-Palestine radicals but that does not mean that they should be censored
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre