Toby Young

Toby Young is the co-author of What Every Parent Needs to Know and the co-founder of several free schools. In addition to being an associate editor of The Spectator, he is an associate editor of Quillette. Follow him on Twitter @toadmeister

My confession: I began dodging tax aged eight

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

As someone who still entertains hope of becoming a member of Parliament one day, I’d better come clean about my…

My confession: I began dodging tax aged eight

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

As someone who still entertains hope of becoming a member of Parliament one day, I’d better come clean about my…

A big hand for the two-faced tax hacks

9 April 2016 9:00 am

Something odd happened at the Guardian on Monday as the paper’s editorial staff were basking in the glow of their…

A big hand for the two-faced tax hacks

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

Something odd happened at the Guardian on Monday as the paper’s editorial staff were basking in the glow of their…

A big hand for the two-faced tax hacks

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

Something odd happened at the Guardian on Monday as the paper’s editorial staff were basking in the glow of their…

Why I’m uneasy about academies for all

2 April 2016 9:00 am

As someone who believes in limited government, I feel conflicted about universal academisation. I’m a fan of the academies policy…

Why I’m uneasy about academies for all

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

As someone who believes in limited government, I feel conflicted about universal academisation. I’m a fan of the academies policy…

Why I’m uneasy about academies for all

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

As someone who believes in limited government, I feel conflicted about universal academisation. I’m a fan of the academies policy…

Why I’d like to be a more dangerous dad

26 March 2016 9:00 am

According to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast last week, more than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in…

Why I’d like to be a more dangerous dad

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

According to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast last week, more than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in…

Why I’d like to be a more dangerous dad

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

According to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast last week, more than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in…

The miracle of Michaela

19 March 2016 9:00 am

It was like being on the set of an inspirational Hollywood film about a visionary teacher who transforms the lives…

The miracle of Michaela

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

It was like being on the set of an inspirational Hollywood film about a visionary teacher who transforms the lives…

The miracle of Michaela

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

It was like being on the set of an inspirational Hollywood film about a visionary teacher who transforms the lives…

A new taste of Twitter nastiness

12 March 2016 9:00 am

Whenever I hear a leftie complain about being abused on Twitter, I think: ‘You should try being me.’ A case…

A new taste of Twitter nastiness

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

Whenever I hear a leftie complain about being abused on Twitter, I think: ‘You should try being me.’ A case…

A new taste of Twitter nastiness

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

Whenever I hear a leftie complain about being abused on Twitter, I think: ‘You should try being me.’ A case…

Purifying the gymnasium

5 March 2016 9:00 am

When Friedrich Nietzsche was offered a professorship in classical philology at the university of Basel in 1869 he was so…

What would my socialist dad think of me now?

5 March 2016 9:00 am

On Tuesday night I went to a birthday party for my father at the House of Commons. Hosted by the…

What would my socialist dad think of me now?

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

On Tuesday night I went to a birthday party for my father at the House of Commons. Hosted by the…

What would my socialist dad think of me now?

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

On Tuesday night I went to a birthday party for my father at the House of Commons. Hosted by the…

Vote ‘leave’ and stop the blurring of Britain

27 February 2016 9:00 am

I don’t remember the last European referendum being nearly as dramatic as the current one. In 1975, we were being…

Vote ‘leave’ and stop the blurring of Britain

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

I don’t remember the last European referendum being nearly as dramatic as the current one. In 1975, we were being…

Vote ‘leave’ and stop the blurring of Britain

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

I don’t remember the last European referendum being nearly as dramatic as the current one. In 1975, we were being…

Emma Thompson’s wrong, and not just about the EU

20 February 2016 9:00 am

At first glance, Emma Thompson’s intervention in the Brexit debate earlier this week didn’t make much sense. Asked at the…