Universities
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
Radical extremes of academic inadequacy
There is something amiss in the academic study of extremism
Exhausting, divisive and irrational
Academia must undo the excesses of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion agenda
The roots of academic irrationality
How ideology came to dominate the intellect — and rigidity subordinated scepticism
The myth of academic meritocracy
An awful lot of talent and experience is about to be wasted
Two cheers for the government’s immigration plans
New measures are a step in the right direction but do not go far enough
Against sacrificing academic excellence
Proposed changes could exacerbate threats to the free pursuit of knowledge
Don’t stop the music
Closures at Oxford Brookes are a sad reflection on the state of the academic music sector
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
