Schools
Michaela’s unspeakable truths
“Progressive” teaching methods ruin lives to make middle class people feel good about themselves
Time is not a healer
Choosing a school in London is now a political decision
Going the full Munch
A traumatising letter from St Paul’s arrives
Are children being bullied into being trans?
Schools are not fulfilling their duty of care to vulnerable children
What’s the point of grades?
We need to rethink exam results as indicators of personal achievement
The terrible south
Claudia Savage-Gore crosses town to go the extra mile for Hector
Letter from Washington: Biden’s classroom conundrum
The president is struggling to make, let alone keep, his school reopening promise
Ad-vent season
Claudia Savage-Gore fumes over the PTA’s latest “voluntary” wheeze
Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
A conflict of worldviews: compulsory sex education
How well equipped are our courts to handle sensitive conflicts?
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
