Private Schools
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Are private schools worth it?
Parental background has a bigger impact than education
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Is charging VAT on private schools a vote loser?
Whether a policy is wise and whether it is unpopular are different questions
The making of Sunak
The P.M. has the brittle self-confidence of a true Wykehamist
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
