Social Class
Tom’s curious heirs
Lincoln Allison says the torrent of popular school stories that followed Tom Brown’s Schooldays inverted its central message of Christian reform
One rule for them
The crimes of the woke middle class come with the safety net of a judiciary that is in on the racket
War without end: Putin’s Syria model
The war in Ukraine shows tragic parallels to the earlier conflict
Wakefield and the revival of Labour Britain
After an electoral disaster in the 1930s, Wakefield kickstarted the new Labour era. Can it do the same for Starmer?
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
Narcisssism and the naked arts graduate
This call for an overhaul of the sex industry is self-indulgent and short-sighted
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
He’s not the son of God
Cricket fans are the ultimate non-conformists
Human rights and legal wrongs
Why doesn’t British legislation protect free speech?
Guilty of Journalism
In defence of Glen Owen doing his job
Wagner rides again
A return to enchanted tradition in Siegfried at Longborough Festival Opera
An inspector calls
An Englishman’s illegally small room should be his castle