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Developing “character” is a perennial aim in education, but there is little agreement on exactly what it is or how to find it

The scale of economic inequality across the UK is scandalous. Roads and broadband won’t fix this: strong social infrastructure will

‘Many of those who usually insist ministers must “listen to the experts” are among those who now say Boris should ignore them. Armchair generals and football managershave become armchair virologists and epidemiologists’

The Chinese Communist Party wants to control the diaspora and suppress foreign criticism. Mongolians, Tibetans and Uighurs are not only silenced inside Xi Jinping’s empire, but abroad

A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look

Britain’s strategic outlook requires realism about the kind of conflicts we are prepared and willing to fight

The French president faces a plethoraof problems from Brexit to beyond

Violence spawns from normalised bigotry. Effective Holocaust education must trace it to its origins and allow Jews to speak for themselves

The point of departure for condemned French Jews was the banal banlieue of Drancy, outside Paris

A diminished, secular Britain means that the next coronation will not match the majesty and mystery of the last