Why are teachers so obsessed with the ‘far right’?
Much has been written in recent years, and even recent days, about the threat posed to the mental wellbeing of…
Cadavers will always captivate. Museums need to chill out
Is it right to put human remains on show? It’s a question that museum curators and the public have been…
Woke isn’t dead – and here’s the proof
In one respect, the scaremongers are right: Racism is alive and well in this country, being imbedded in our institutions…
Reform and the real populist threat
We’re scarcely into the new year and already luminaries on the liberal left have resumed one of their favourite pastimes:…
Iron Maiden at 50: how heavy metal became mainstream
The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented something…
Do Eskimos really have a hundred different words for snow?
Do the Eskimos have many more words for ‘snow’ than the rest of us, and does this question matter? As…
The problem with Labour’s ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition
Some might say that trying to define ‘Islamophobia’ is a foolish enterprise, given that words these days are so wantonly…
The Bondi Beach attack shows diversity is not our strength
In the wake of a tragedy it is only fitting that public figures issue words of condolence. But there’s a…
What Zack Polanski gets wrong about immigration
One of the most common arguments made by those with a liberal approach to immigration and asylum, and one you…
Gen Z can’t cope with the real world
Everyone recognises that teenagers today are unduly anxious. Many people attribute this to a rise in smartphone use. Some even…
Pantone’s ‘colour of the year’ isn’t racist
For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, here’s some advice: keep your thoughts to yourselves. Or at least…
Should this academic have been banned from campus for using the ‘n-word’?
Is it ever acceptable to say the ‘n-word’? As you will have immediately inferred by that sentence, it’s rare to…
We don’t need white saviours to rescue us from St George’s flags
Trends in society always come and go, but one that shows no signs of abating is the propensity among many…
Stop saying ‘Our BBC’
One of the most grating and nauseating verbal constructions of our times – ‘Our NHS’ – has with grim inevitability…
Why can’t the BBC just say sorry?
A famous pop star once sang that sorry seemed to be the hardest word. Almost fifty years after Elton John…
Learning French taught me to love English
One of the greatest dangers posed by the government’s curriculum review is that it will result in children abandoning more…
We should not need a court’s permission to criticise Islam
Those who believe in free speech, and those who are particularly concerned by plans to have ‘Islamophobia’ codified, ought to…
Why football fans stopped watching Match of the Day
That hoary aphorism ‘be careful what you wish for’ may be a hackneyed one, but there’s nothing football pundits like…
I visited Canterbury Cathedral’s graffiti. Here’s the worst thing about it
The first, and the lasting, impression one gets from Canterbury Cathedral’s new graffiti-style art instillation is just how reasonable and…
The tyranny of ‘kindness’
The vice-chancellor of Oxford University, Professor Irene Tracey, has been giving some gloriously counterintuitive advice recently on how to safeguard…
The problem with Lenny Henry’s demand for reparations
The desire to seek restitution from those who have harmed or wronged us is normal. Our instinct for justice is…
Judges are finally rediscovering their common sense
Believe it or not, some judges in this country are starting to show signs of having a connection with reality…
The Bar Council’s black internship scheme is racist
Human beings fundamentally hate blatant displays of unfairness. That’s why most people abhor those who jump or barge into queues,…
No, Keir Starmer: Reform’s migrant plans aren’t racist
Keir Starmer’s behaviour, demeanour and language has taken a rapid and strange turn of recent. Unable to do anything meaningful…
How ID cards destroy freedom
Those who make the case in favour of national ID cards invariably do so on pragmatic grounds. As they have…
