Terence Kealey
Lift The Fee Cap And Set Universities Free
British higher education could be the best in the world if the Tories follow the US model of private autonomy, not Europe’s statist model
The Scientific State
The state is crowding out private funding of scientific research
Why Students Should Be Glad To Pay Tuition Fees
Britain’s best universities are second only to America’s in the world, thanks to their legal and financial autonomy from government
We Must Set Our Universities Free
If the state were to support students rather than dons, Britain could have its own Ivy League
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past