Free schools
One Year To Go
‘The opposition to free schools can be intimidating—you’d think we were building nuclear bombs, not setting up a school’
The Battle for the Soul of English Education
Last month 24 free schools opened in Britain. Those who oppose them should look at the success of their American counterparts
Grade Deflation
To Miss With Love by Katharine Birbalsingh
Playtime is Over for Governors
Who will want to volunteer to sit on school boards in the harsh new education climate?
Here’s How Schools are Set Free, Mr Gove
The new Education Secretary’s anti-statist revolution must live up to his rhetoric by allowing schools to set their own admissions policies
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal