Universities
Guardrails of civilisation
If politics is downstream from culture, culture is downstream from the campus
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
The future of higher education
How can universities be more efficient and effective?
Bureaucrazy
Why grades can go up even as standards go down
The vicious circle of higher education funding
Underperforming international students are propping up underperforming British universities
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Do the right thing
Doubling down will end the Tories as a party of government
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Word pictures at a gallery
Paintings are appreciated best when there are few people around to spoil the view
The thorn in Starmer’s side
Why does Rosie Duffield scare the Labour leadership?
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
The curse of “TERF”
The term is intended to dehumanise dissenting women
Don’t blame “county lines” victims
Exploited children need protecting, not convicting
