The Blob
Covid is a symptom of the Age of China
British statecraft is not protecting us from an emerging autocratic superpower
Blobs for the boys
Priti Patel’s public spat shows No 10 needs to do better against the blob
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
