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Do private schools need a rethink?
In the last few weeks, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for private schools in the UK to have their charitable status scrapped, but why?…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rishi Sunak's winter of discontent
As Rishi Sunak outlasts his predecessor in the top job, just how is he doing? With polls suggesting a heavy Conservative loss at the next election, a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why it's time to talk about male suicide
Seventy-five percent of all lives lost to suicide in the UK are male. And one charity is leading a campaign to do something about it. For this year, …
3 years, 1 month ago
Nato’s arms race with Putin
Putin’s invasion has ushered in a new era of industrial warfare. As the winter freeze sets in, the pace of the war has not yet abated. Weapon stocks …
3 years, 1 month ago
The British Museum or Greece: Who should lose their marbles?
Over the weekend, reports emerged that the chair of the British Museum, ex-chancellor George Osborne, has been holding ‘secret’ talks with the Greek …
3 years, 1 month ago
China’s protests: A view from the inside
Chinese cities have seen days of extraordinary protests calling for an end to the country’s zero-Covid measures, and for President Xi to step down. S…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nicola Sturgeon's great independence gamble
After a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - which ruled that the devolved Scottish parliament cannot authorise an independ…
3 years, 1 month ago
Tutankhamun: The Times scoop of a century
One hundred years ago, when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in Egypt, the world learnt of the treasures via The Times which had secured t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is the House of Lords beyond fixing?
Every prime minister's last act in office is to choose a final list of people to elevate to the House of Lords, parliament's second chamber. And Bori…
3 years, 1 month ago
How a dead police officer’s phone exposed misogyny, corruption and racism
In 2020, retired Gwent police officer Ricky Jones took his own life. Jones’s family - who he’d subjected to years of abuse - looked through his old i…
3 years, 1 month ago