Schools
The private school exodus dwarfs Treasury predictions
Children and schools are suffering as a result of the imposition of VAT on private school fees
Labour has not lived up to its promises on skills
Bridget Phillipson must change course to deliver the change that Britain needs
The takeover
North to south London is a strictly one-way street
Home educators are being persecuted
Heavy-handed safetyism is threatening the rights of parents and children
Hurrah for decency!
Rejoice that Hector is out of the woods
Take home education out of detention
You can spot the home educators. They’re the ones who can look adults in the eye
The state versus the family
Labour’s assault on home-educating is opportunistic and wrong
We have failed our children
We must reassess our approach to schools, sex and safeguarding
Bridget Phillipson’s educational agenda must be opposed
The Department for Education is taking aim at standards in British schools
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history