Universities in Crisis
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem