Scholarship
The pitfalls of peer review
The supposed gold standard for academic rigour can be nothing of the kind
Why we should check sources
We have to know if authors are being diligent with evidence
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Anonymity will not solve unconscious bias
How the double-blind peer review process will hinder scholarly output in the humanities
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked