Language
Labor Omnia Vincit
Teaching Latin in primary state schools may be the answer to decling standards in literacy
Never Too Old
The dearth of GCSE Greek courses — or indeed, Ancient Greek history — taught in state schools is to the great detriment of secondary school pupils
Sweet Talk
We live in a euphemistic commercial age where “plain” chocolate just simply will not do
Don’t Fear the Greeks
Greek mythology is making a welcome comeback in print and on the silver screen
Civil Society
Civility has become the new political buzz word, but its meaning has been distorted to suit the left-liberal consensus
Worsted by Wikipedia
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations edited by Elizabeth Knowles and the Oxford Companion to English Literature edited by Dinah Birch
Deliver Us
New Labour have not only eroded our liberty and destroyed the public finances – they’ve abused the English language too
Dear Sir or Madam
Our refusal to address others as ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam’ stems from our ideological revulsion against hierarchy
Undue Process
‘Process’ is a dishonest and deceitful buzz-word, used by people to conceal something nasty or embarrassing
Noam Chomsky
Oliver Kamm dissects the inconsistent ideas of the belligerent linguist and polemicist
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood