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Tristram Hunt’s Lies About Free Schools

Labour’s rising star has accused Michael Gove of conducting a “dangerous ideological experiment”. He is wrong — and he knows it

November 25, 2013

Education·Features·UK Politics

What To Do If You Suspect Child Abuse?

Mandatory reporting of suspicions of child abuse may sound like a good idea, but it would make prosecutions less, not more, likely

November 25, 2013

Features·Justice·Policing

Three-Parent Babies — Miracle Cure or Eugenics?

The HFEA's proposal to permit mitochondria replacement would alter our genetic constitution—a risky and unethical step too far

November 25, 2013

Features·Science

London by Night: In the Footsteps of Dickens

The city’s great chronicler hit the streets to cure his insomnia. His writing cast a spell on me and now I go for nocturnal walks of my own

November 25, 2013

Features·Literature·Modern Life

Off-Limits: Subjects Artists Won’t Tackle

Far from being cutting-edge, the British cultural establishment ignores the biggest threat to artistic freedom: radical Islam

November 25, 2013

Art·Faith·Features·Islam

A Personal Story of Memory and Survival

Simon Schama's Story of the Jews may contain some serious omissions, but this haunting history is both captivating and enchanting.

October 30, 2013

Books·Judaism

What Makes Her Tick?

Will the real Angela Merkel please stand up? After reading Stefan Kornelius’s official biography the German Chancellor remains a mystery

October 30, 2013

Books·Germany

Beware the Sanguine Banker

Iain Martin’s message in his excellent Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy is that a proper sense of fear is good for bankers.

October 30, 2013

Books·Economy

McBrideshead Revisited

In the spin doctor’s memoirs the similarities between Evelyn Waugh’s protagonist Charles Ryder and Gordon Brown’s antagonist Damian McBride are several and eerie

October 30, 2013

Books