Sports History
An inspired cheat
Admiring William Webb Ellis’s “fine disregard for the rules”
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
