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Footfalls echo in the memory
Sometimes the past comes back to you, fully formed and in iambic pentameter. Ever since I learned Portia’s speech from Act 4, Scene 1 of ‘The Merchant of Venice’, it resurfaces when I see an abuse of power or a misunderstanding of justice....
The slow death of British comedy...
I wrote this piece on the decline of British comedy for The Critic. It is free to read.
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Save the textbook!
I wrote this article with Sophie Winkleman for the Spectator. The whole text is below, and here is a link to it online.
Is the page finally beginning to turn on children and screens? For the first time since the advent of social media, we...
A book review
Here’s my review of ‘Human Capital: the Tragedy of the Education Commons’ by Guy Standing, published in this month’s The Critic magazine. Suffice to say I didn’t like it very much.
Reform UK and freedom of speech on university campuses
I wrote a piece for UnHerd on Reform UK’s recent attacks on Bangor University. Here is the opening part:
Over the past decade, British universities have eagerly imported the American culture wars. Now, the UK seems to be in danger of impor...
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Deputy Head with 25+ years in independent schools; contributor to The Spectator, CapX, The Critic, The Times & UnHerd. Author/editor of books on education & literature. Schools of Thought (Bloomsbury) out now.
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