Virtual learning
The vanishing university
From Oxford to Edinburgh, Bristol to Liverpool, the story is the same: online interaction is here to stay
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress