Status anxiety

A good read… but I don’t buy the plot

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

I’m writing this from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham where the mood is buoyant, to put it mildly. Everyone…

A good read… but I don’t buy the plot

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

I’m writing this from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham where the mood is buoyant, to put it mildly. Everyone…

I know an anti-Tory pact won’t work

1 October 2016 9:00 am

I appeared on Radio 4 with Shirley Williams recently and as we were leaving I asked her if she thought…

I know an anti-Tory pact won’t work

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

I appeared on Radio 4 with Shirley Williams recently and as we were leaving I asked her if she thought…

I know an anti-Tory pact won’t work

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

I appeared on Radio 4 with Shirley Williams recently and as we were leaving I asked her if she thought…

What’s right about Momentum Kids

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Forgive me if I don’t get too worked up about Momentum Kids. For those who haven’t been following Labour’s internal…

What’s right about Momentum Kids

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Forgive me if I don’t get too worked up about Momentum Kids. For those who haven’t been following Labour’s internal…

What’s right about Momentum Kids

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Forgive me if I don’t get too worked up about Momentum Kids. For those who haven’t been following Labour’s internal…

Are grammar schools more meritocratic?

17 September 2016 9:00 am

It is highly unlikely the Prime Minister has read the book,’ my father harrumphed, commenting on the appropriation of the…

Are grammar schools more meritocratic?

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

‘It is highly unlikely the Prime Minister has read the book,’ my father harrumphed, commenting on the appropriation of the…

Are grammar schools more meritocratic?

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

‘It is highly unlikely the Prime Minister has read the book,’ my father harrumphed, commenting on the appropriation of the…

Is Keith Vaz a psychopath?

10 September 2016 9:00 am

What’s wrong with you?’ That was the question an American broadcaster asked Anthony Weiner when his New York City mayoral…

Is Keith Vaz a psychopath?

8 September 2016 1:00 pm

What’s wrong with you?’ That was the question an American broadcaster asked Anthony Weiner when his New York City mayoral…

Is Keith Vaz a psychopath?

8 September 2016 1:00 pm

What’s wrong with you?’ That was the question an American broadcaster asked Anthony Weiner when his New York City mayoral…

France began breeding jihadis in 1989

3 September 2016 9:00 am

E .D. Hirsch Jr., the American educationalist and author of Cultural Literacy, has a new book out that may throw…

France began breeding jihadis in 1989

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

E .D. Hirsch Jr., the American educationalist and author of Cultural Literacy, has a new book out that may throw…

France began breeding jihadis in 1989

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

E .D. Hirsch Jr., the American educationalist and author of Cultural Literacy, has a new book out that may throw…

The yawn supremacy

27 August 2016 9:00 am

The BBC has published a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century, compiled after consulting academics, cinema…

The yawn supremacy

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

The BBC has published a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century, compiled after consulting academics, cinema…

The yawn supremacy

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

The BBC has published a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century, compiled after consulting academics, cinema…

Hurrah for Cornish holidays!

20 August 2016 9:00 am

After the misery of going abroad for the summer holidays for the past few years, I’m now happily back in…

Hurrah for Cornish holidays!

18 August 2016 1:00 pm

After the misery of going abroad for the summer holidays for the past few years, I’m now happily back in…

Hurrah for Cornish holidays!

18 August 2016 1:00 pm

After the misery of going abroad for the summer holidays for the past few years, I’m now happily back in…

The problem with grammar schools

12 August 2016 11:00 pm

By rights, I should be one of those Tories who is passionately in favour of grammar schools. After all, I…

The problem with grammar schools

11 August 2016 1:00 pm

By rights, I should be one of those Tories who is passionately in favour of grammar schools. After all, I…