State Schools
Time is not a healer
Choosing a school in London is now a political decision
Who wants to be a teacher?
Lucy Kellaway’s memoir is a must-read for anyone considering the profession
#IWentToStateSchool. So what?
The middle-class appropriation of a well-intentioned campaign
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
