Priti Patel
Priti Woke
The Home Secretary thinks there are too many white people in her department
Blobs for the boys
Priti Patel’s public spat shows No 10 needs to do better against the blob
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
