It is now nearly three years since I published my book Tickbox, a book about a peculiar and widespread fantasy – shared by those who…
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I have been trying to launch some kind of award system over the 18 months or so since the publication of my Tickbox book – really just…
In the heyday of Gordon Brown’s chancellorship, I went to a conference about the future of ‘extended schools’. The first speaker was an amazing headteacher,…
It is a little terrifying to think that thee general election of 1997, which brought with it such a sea change in our politics, was…
Why are we so sick these days? I mean, really? It wasn’t suppose to be like this – thanks to Beveridge, we had assumed that…
I normally agree with nearly everything my esteemed colleague Simon Mundy says – especially about the Home Office. The issue is why it is quite…
It was September 1983. Three weeks before, the Soviet air force had shot down a Korean airliner and Cold War tensions were running high. Stanislav…
I confess that, living in the relative shelter of the South Downs, I was a little underwhelmed by Storm Eunice. And as one by one,…
I have to say that I feel sorry for Allegra Stratton. I completely agreed with Matthew Parris about her predicament – that was no laugh…
‘Tickbox culture’ threatens post-covid infrastructure investment plans is our verdict in this report, produced in partnership with leading engineering project management consultancy, Gleeds. The report,…
Boris Johnson sloganised the last election with the oft-quoted phrase “taking back control”. Whether it was in any way truthful, accurate or realistic is debatable…
Looking back, I probably should have said something about it then and there, but there is actually very little recourse for an author whose first…