Would have agreed with Trilling’s praise of Hawthorne’s ‘dissent from the orthodoxies of dissent.’… Read the rest

Delegates attending NUT conference concerned at influence of fundamentalists in state schools.… Read the rest

NUS president-elect says rhetoric may have changed, but they are still homophobic, sexist, racist.… Read the rest

Why was his purity fatal? Because it seemed to be absolute.… Read the rest

‘But this is clearly humanistic mush.’… Read the rest

‘Without opposition, without dissent, politics cease and democracy dies.’… Read the rest

Investigative reporter fired, two prize-winning writers quit, months after New Times Media merger.… Read the rest

Opposition to humanitarian intervention is becoming more and more peremptory and strident.… Read the rest

Should we say that arbitrary arrest, torture, slavery are not ruled out by universal principles? … Read the rest

And recycles the usual drivel.… Read the rest

Downing St admits two donors were nominated for peerages because of support for academy schools.… Read the rest

When at a loss, say ‘you are making a religion of science.’… Read the rest

Could put off potential sponsors who fear they will be seen as grasping for peerages.… Read the rest

ICA discussion with Chris Smith, Richard Koch, Roger Osborne, Jeremy Stangroom.… Read the rest

At an academic conference, of course.… Read the rest

Depth of the split forces an explicit recognition of two broad camps on the left. … Read the rest

Every day brings chilling accounts of people being burnt and bullied from their homes.… Read the rest

Pervasive pressure for theological correctness.… Read the rest

‘The development of a European Islam is, in a sense, at a caterpillar stage.’… Read the rest

Head of Women for Freedom calls choice of co-host an insult to Danish and Muslim women.… Read the rest