Dec 23, 2019 6 min Why age is the new dividing line in politics The General Election demonstrated yet again that the most important division in UK politics is between old and young. Survey after survey...
Sep 19, 2019 4 min Scaring children witless ‘Eco-anxiety’ has become the latest fashionable malaise. Apparently it is afflicting many children. That kids as young as four and five a...
Jul 24, 2019 3 min Is disability the new normal? Students in higher education are increasingly classified as either disabled or as suffering from mental-health issues. Disability on camp...
Mar 1, 2019 11 min A perpetual war of identities Identity politics has been steadily growing in influence. Until recently, however, the promoters of identity politics tended to deny that...
Sep 27, 2018 5 min Who’s guiding our children? Though I am not a Tory I was deeply unsettled when I heard Sion Rickard, a teaching assistant, declare on the podium of the Labour Party ...
Aug 21, 2018 5 min The great jerk rice debate (what a waste of time!) Poor old Jamie Oliver. He has unwittingly made the mistake of launching a new quick-cooking product titled Punchy Jerk Rice. If he had on...
