The history of family life has been wildly misrepresented by conservatives.
Category: education & childhood
Classroom Class Politics
Education policy under this government exacerbates social injustice
Rewilding Our Children
Hope for humanity lies in recognising their animal nature.
The Sacrificial Caste
In this and other nations, there are groups of children who can be abused with impunity.
The Death of Irony
How could the intent of today’s column have passed so many people by?
A Modest Proposal for Tackling Youth
Here’s how the UK should pursue its war against young people.
Universal Cure
Here’s a simple means of transforming the UK’s universities, schools and society
Captive Knowledge
The funding for academic research has been taken over by business
The Triumph of Ignorance
Why morons succeed in US politics.
Unsentimental Education
Britain’s strange private school system causes immeasurable harm
Waging War with the Virgin Soldiers
Abstinence teaching is a disaster for teenagers.
Diary
On becoming a bilious old git.
The Corporate Takeover of Childhood
Schools are being privatised in order to develop a new export industry
A Corporate Aristocracy
Market values are in direct conflict with the ethics of public service
Acceptable Cruelty
Why is it still acceptable to send young children to boarding school?