Private Schools
Transforming the elite
Independent schools can do more to boost social mobility – but what they’re currently doing won’t work
The gentrification of Drill
The bleak origins of Drill music shouldn’t be forgotten
Monuments to victory and loss
This is a beautifully illustrated, handsomely printed and thorough, scholarly exposition of the triumphal arch
Nanny knows best
Noel Yaxley imagines life 30 years after the launch of the NHS Covid App
Feminist fallacies: Women need to calm down
Feminists will only “chill out” when male violence and harassment is eradicated
The regeneration game
A hideous babel of gimmicky buildings that scream: “Me! Me! Me!”
Conflict of interest
Nigel Boardman’s inquiry into the Greensill Affair squanders the opportunity for real reform
Prudes against nudes
Feminist protests put a puritanical limit on the aesthetic quality of nudity
Rosie Cackle
Veteran comedienne
The King’s Alchemist (Willowhayne Records)
This collection of British music is what they should be playing over the speakers at Heathrow Airport
Contemporary writing with a twist and a tug
In this month’s fiction selection, John Self discovers novels that successfully use their style to enhance rather than simply describe the story