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Scrapping Oxford’s ‘traditional’ exams won’t make things fairer
Are exams… racist? Are exams snobs? If a report in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph is to be credited, academics at Oxford…
Keir Starmer can’t afford not to hike defence spending
Over the last few years, defence spending has been higher up the political agenda than at any time since the…
Britain’s railway arches are getting hollowed out
Railway arches are functional. If you want to keep a railway bridge horizontal, you’re going to need arches. Once, Network…
Why the SNP should form a pact with Labour
Last year, marking the tenth anniversary of Scotland’s independence referendum, I wrote an article for The Spectator looking at the state of…
The Davos I knew is over
Has the merry-go-round of the global elite summit – epitomised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, which concluded…
Holocaust Remembrance Day isn’t enough
As Holocaust Remembrance Day comes round again, actual remembrance of the Holocaust seems fainter than ever. The arson attacks on…
Why won’t Britain take the Covid lab leak theory seriously?
The CIA report concluding that Covid most likely originated from a laboratory leak of a man-made, or man-enhanced, virus raises…
The dumbing down of Oxbridge
For years now, higher education has been convulsed by a never-ending hunt for racism. A certain type of academic or…
Badenoch blames lack of ‘integration’ following Southport conviction
Rachel Reeves heavily hints at third Heathrow runway As part of her upcoming speech on economic growth, Rachel Reeves is…
Has Donald Trump saved the world?
Like the definition of an old man in a hurry, since his inauguration Donald Trump has been pumping out orders…
In defence of working from home
Working from home has had a terrible effect on my state of mind and it’s one of the best things…
Australia Day has been hijacked by activists
Australia’s national day, which falls today, has two purposes. It is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate who they are…
Could Russia and America ever have got along?
A revealing, damning and fascinating diplomatic memorandum, sent in 1994 from the US embassy in Moscow to the State Department…
Revealed: GPs are over-diagnosing mental health conditions
Britain is turning sadness into sickness. More than four in five GPs believe that the ups and downs of normal life…
My week in war-weary Ukraine
In the morning darkness at the reception of our central Kharkiv hotel, 25 miles from the Russian frontlines, the night…
Donald Trump and the decay of left-wing thought
‘I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,’ wrote Allen Ginsberg in his famous…
A British Puy du Fou will upset all the right people
There is a new theme park coming to Britain – though without big dippers and ghost trains. It will be an…
Israel isn’t an ‘apartheid state’ – and I should know
Israel’s critics want you to acknowledge its uniqueness as the only country to enjoy the triple distinction of being a…
Can our universities be saved?
Universities are facing their biggest crisis in modern history, yet most are in denial and living in la-la land. Warning…
Rachel Reeves’ ironic artwork choice
To govern is to choose. So what have Labour’s ministers chosen to hung on their walls? Raiding the Government Art…
Elon Musk addresses AfD rally
With four weeks to go until Germany heads to the polls for its federal election, Elon Musk has just given…
How to catch a traitor
A quarter of a century after the first series of Big Brother, there is still some life in reality TV.…
The Traitors finale was a cruel spectacle
Blame Covid. That’s the origin of the BBC’s hit game-show, The Traitors. Workplaces are still deserted as people sit in…
Oxford has had enough of its Gaza protests
The ceasefire in Gaza may be holding, but student activists aren’t happy. Yesterday, ten students from the Oxford Action for…
Crying ‘fascism’ didn’t work before, and it won’t work now
‘Could we get a precise definition of fascism before all this kicks off today?’ So asked Merryn Somerset Webb, a senior columnist…
