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We dismiss the culture war at our peril
18 July 2022 Spiked Unless we win the culture war, society will never meet the needs of ordinary people. Time and again, media...
Jul 18, 20223 min read


The Trans Assault On Freedom
https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/22/the-trans-assault-on-freedom/ Spiked on line 22nd October 2001 Gender ideology is not about...
Nov 28, 20218 min read


100 years of the culture war
15 September 2021, Spiked on-line For almost two decades, I have been attempting to understand the origins and drivers of the culture war...
Oct 31, 20218 min read


They Are Coming For The Classics
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/the-short-story-is-they-are-coming-for-the-classics/news-story/2699baac7a08e64bee70faf7004813a0...
Oct 31, 20215 min read


The classroom culture war
Saving education from the forces that wish to politicise it is one the most important cultural challenges of our time This article is...
Oct 31, 20216 min read


Classical Music Racist?
A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world...
Feb 21, 20214 min read

Eight new rules for parenting post lockdown
Published in The Times 21 August 2020: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-parent-after-lockdown-eight-new-rules-m99jl7kpn Family...
Aug 21, 20206 min read


The bonds that hold society together are breaking
Published in the Daily Mail 19 July 2020: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8537643/Boundaries-separating-adults-children-men-w...
Jul 19, 20205 min read


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...
Dec 23, 20196 min read


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...
Sep 19, 20194 min read


Is disability the new normal?
Students in higher education are increasingly classified as either disabled or as suffering from mental-health issues. Disability on...
Jul 24, 20193 min read


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...
Mar 1, 201911 min read


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...
Sep 27, 20185 min read


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...
Aug 21, 20185 min read
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