What is the Tate Modern for?
Twenty-five years ago today, the Tate Modern first opened its doors to the public. The main attraction: a nine metre-high…
Ministers must now stand up for women’s rights
The highest court in the land was set the task of determining: what is a woman? Today it gave its…
Museums need a new approach to restitution
Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision…
Have we reached peak EDI?
As the old saying goes, ‘when American sneezes, England catches a cold’. This week, the two major city watchdogs announced…
Labour must learn from Kamala Harris’s transgender muddle
Donald Trump’s remarkable election victory has been rightly attributed to the long shadow of inflation combined with mass illegal immigration…
There’s nothing ‘offensive’ about Prince Albert’s Memorial
The Prince Albert Memorial is the latest target of activists seeking to denigrate our past. The Memorial has stood in…
Wes Streeting’s puberty blocker ban makes sense
Actions speak louder than words. In one of the first tests of his tenure, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting has…
Will Starmer have the courage to stand up for women’s rights?
Gender ideology was perhaps the last topic which Labour wanted to be front and centre of the election campaign but…
Activist curators are spoiling Britain’s museums
History, we’re told, is written by the victors. But nowadays, it seems it’s museum curators who really have the final…
The ‘marking boycott’ is yet another betrayal for students
Students have had a rough deal over the past years. They’ve had their degrees interrupted by Covid and teaching strikes,…
