"The dispute over Parkfield’s “No Outsiders” scheme shows that some people are eager for the state to take over"

"The view that children need to go out alone, play unsupervised, take risks and learn independence and resilience speaks to something important that Western societies have largely lost"

"Mathematics publishing is a soft touch. The publisher usually hasn’t a clue, so they send the manuscript to someone like me to comment on. I used to be a soft touch too"

"For better or worse, that City has undergone a revolution. Its old guard has been seen off, or paid off"