4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (909+ words) In a world where political discourse can be difficult to shape, Pornocracy by Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel's is an essential read for those wanting to arm themselves with knowledge and quite a bit of righteous indignation about what the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) Shockingly, it seems that the NHS is intent on denying mothers and fathers this pleasure. A new patient record system, produced by a giant American IT company, Epic Systems, gives midwives the option of recording a baby's gender identity. In…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (764+ words) At a time when'technology has invaded our lives, Australia is now running the world's biggest real-life experiment that seeks to mitigate its effects on our children. What could possibly go wrong? It's now just over a month since the world's…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (774+ words) The truth about the surge in home-schooling'The Spectator Australia The truth about the surge in home-schooling Historically, home-schooling has been seen as a niche or eccentric choice of education: an option only really considered by hippies, conspiracy theorists, religious fanatics…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (670+ words) The joyless reading app being forced on my son'The Spectator Australia The joyless reading app being forced on my son It was only recently that I fully appreciated how the books I read as a child formed me. A pregnant…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1041+ words) At 53, I'm training to be a priest'The Spectator Australia At 53, I'm training to be a priest I have recently begun training for holy orders in the Church of England. I know, they're getting desperate. My motivation for wanting to be…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (764+ words) From D'sseldorf: On hearing that a decade's worth of university dropouts will be awarded a qualification at a Victorian university, I couldn't help but think that an undergraduate degree is now worth little. It's a real shame. I've prioritised my…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (301+ words) All parents and teachers of teenagers will know two things. The first is that teenagers are the human equivalent of seismometers when it comes to perceived unfairness: they are acutely sensitive to any injustice or unequal treatment, and if they…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) Half a billion pounds of taxpayers" money will be spent on rejoining the EU"s Erasmus+ student exchange programme. With libraries closing, criminals being let out of jail early and funding for maths and classics in schools slashed, it is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (989+ words) This morning comes the news that Britain is to rejoin the Erasmus scheme, which offers students the opportunity to engage in an exchange with other European universities. The scheme was discontinued ... Did Britain need to rejoin Erasmus? Is the government…...