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In a Birmingham jail, I found the point of Michael Gove
I went to prison last week, in Birmingham. Early start, off on a train from Euston. It was my kids’…
A remarkable testament of hope for Zimbabwe
‘One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed though right were…
The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’
The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…
From now on, we must all be equally stupid
A lecturer at a reasonably well-respected northern plate-glass university was somewhat perplexed by a student who complained about her poor…
Victoria’s secret: none of it’s true
Did you know that Queen Victoria might never have married Prince Albert had it not been for an amazing stroke…
The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’
The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…
In a Birmingham jail, I found the point of Michael Gove
I went to prison last week, in Birmingham. Early start, off on a train from Euston. It was my kids’…
A remarkable testament of hope for Zimbabwe
‘One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed though right were…
Inside David Cameron’s personal Brexit
In the days following David Cameron’s resignation as prime minister, Michael Gove tried to persuade the Cameroons to back Boris…
From now on, we must all be equally stupid
A lecturer at a reasonably well-respected northern plate-glass university was somewhat perplexed by a student who complained about her poor…
After Brexit, who should Britain let in?
Why has ‘trust’ became such a dominant issue in British politics in the early 21st century? Is it the failure…
Why Anjem Choudary should not be in prison
It was impossible not to feel rather sorry for the radical Muslim ‘cleric’ Anjem Choudary and his imbecilic henchman Mohammed…
What you learn when you learn a poem by heart
I’ve just learned by heart another poem — my first in nearly 30 years. The one I chose was A.E.…
Mrs May the ‘Student Killer’ should count the cost of her visa crackdown
In the post-Brexit landscape whose shape was barely glimpsed in G20 discussions at Hangzhou, one thing is clear: soon we’ll…
Lessons in lolly
Do you ever tell your pupils that debt is a bad thing?’ I challenged the headmaster of a thriving Midlands…
Mrs May the ‘Student Killer’ should count the cost of her visa crackdown
In the post-Brexit landscape whose shape was barely glimpsed in G20 discussions at Hangzhou, one thing is clear: soon we’ll…
What you learn when you learn a poem by heart
I’ve just learned by heart another poem — my first in nearly 30 years. The one I chose was A.E.…
After Brexit, who should Britain let in?
Why has ‘trust’ became such a dominant issue in British politics in the early 21st century? Is it the failure…
Why Anjem Choudary should not be in prison
It was impossible not to feel rather sorry for the radical Muslim ‘cleric’ Anjem Choudary and his imbecilic henchman Mohammed…
Theresa May’s Brexit minefield
When David Cameron resigned, the Conservative Party Board pushed back the planned date for the election of a new leader…
Why don’t black lives matter at the carnival?
I do not get out very much these days, but the glorious weekend weather persuaded me that I should spend…
My fascist moment on the ship of failures
There are no roads from the Peruvian river port of Iquitos, but the rich take aeroplanes. Those who cannot pay…
Dear God, am I going to start liking Ed Balls?
What the hell is going on with Ed Balls? Back in the horrible doldrums of the last Labour government, he…
Stalled EU-US talks offer a reality check for our own post-Brexit trade hopes
Should we care two hoots whether negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, pronounced ‘Tee-tip’ by cognoscenti) has…
Stalled EU-US talks offer a reality check for our own post-Brexit trade hopes
Should we care two hoots whether negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, pronounced ‘Tee-tip’ by cognoscenti) has…
