Status anxiety

The best way to end the ‘poshness test’

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

There’s a warning buried in the detail of the new report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on…

The best way to end the ‘poshness test’

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

There’s a warning buried in the detail of the new report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on…

The Canadian Ed Miliband

13 June 2015 9:00 am

I’ve been reading Fire and Ashes, Michael Ignatieff’s account of his disastrous foray into politics, in an attempt to understand…

The Canadian Ed Miliband

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

I’ve been reading Fire and Ashes, Michael Ignatieff’s account of his disastrous foray into politics, in an attempt to understand…

The Canadian Ed Miliband

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

I’ve been reading Fire and Ashes, Michael Ignatieff’s account of his disastrous foray into politics, in an attempt to understand…

Are the cultural Marxists in retreat, or lying low?

6 June 2015 9:00 am

In his Memoirs, Kingsley Amis includes a story about meeting Roald Dahl at a party in the 1970s. Dahl advises…

Are the cultural Marxists in retreat, or lying low?

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

In his Memoirs, Kingsley Amis includes a story about meeting Roald Dahl at a party in the 1970s. Dahl advises…

Are the cultural Marxists in retreat, or lying low?

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

In his Memoirs, Kingsley Amis includes a story about meeting Roald Dahl at a party in the 1970s. Dahl advises…

Sturgeon doth protest too much, me thinks

30 May 2015 9:00 am

I couldn’t believe it when Nicola Sturgeon called for the resignation of Alistair Carmichael, the former Scottish Secretary, over his…

Sturgeon doth protest too much, me thinks

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I couldn’t believe it when Nicola Sturgeon called for the resignation of Alistair Carmichael, the former Scottish Secretary, over his…

Sturgeon doth protest too much, me thinks

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I couldn’t believe it when Nicola Sturgeon called for the resignation of Alistair Carmichael, the former Scottish Secretary, over his…

Freedom for free schools

23 May 2015 9:00 am

I was disappointed to hear Andy Burnham on Marr last Sunday declare his opposition to free schools. He put plenty…

Freedom for free schools

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

I was disappointed to hear Andy Burnham on Marr last Sunday declare his opposition to free schools. He put plenty…

Freedom for free schools

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

I was disappointed to hear Andy Burnham on Marr last Sunday declare his opposition to free schools. He put plenty…

Why I still have a deep attachment to the BBC

16 May 2015 9:00 am

After I failed my O-levels and decided to leave school, my father suggested I go to Israel to work on…

Why I still have a deep attachment to the BBC

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

After I failed my O-levels and decided to leave school, my father suggested I go to Israel to work on…

Why I still have a deep attachment to the BBC

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

After I failed my O-levels and decided to leave school, my father suggested I go to Israel to work on…

Is satire a dying art?

9 May 2015 9:00 am

I appeared on Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago to discuss the age-old question of whether political satire is…

Is satire a dying art?

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

I appeared on Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago to discuss the age-old question of whether political satire is…

Is satire a dying art?

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

I appeared on Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago to discuss the age-old question of whether political satire is…

Reuniondues

2 May 2015 9:00 am

A couple of weeks ago I returned to my old Oxford college for a ‘gaudy’ — posh, Oxford-speak for a…

Reuniondues

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

A couple of weeks ago I returned to my old Oxford college for a ‘gaudy’ — posh, Oxford-speak for a…

Reuniondues

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

A couple of weeks ago I returned to my old Oxford college for a ‘gaudy’ — posh, Oxford-speak for a…

The hazards of being a good sport

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Not a day passes when I don’t look on my father’s record with shock and awe. I’m not talking about…

The hazards of being a good sport

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Not a day passes when I don’t look on my father’s record with shock and awe. I’m not talking about…