We've talked this to death before, but... Yes, the proportion of young people who get onto superselective courses from selective schools and colleges is much higher than from comprehensive schoo… (View Post)

One of the reasons that grammar schools went out of fashion was because pushy middle class parents (who were bedrock Conservatives until the party became a trade union for pensioners in the 2010s) ha… (View Post)

It's also about geography. It's much easier to accumulate cultural capital and make connections if you start out in or near a great city than if the nearest town with a bank branch is an ho… (View Post)

Since we were doing I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue recently... But it's not just the Luftwaffe who have experience of bombing in Coventry... let's meet the teams. (View Post)

After all,,the biggest threat to the security of us and our allies isn't a large number of Russian soldiers seeking to occupy physical space. It's Russian agents in St Petersburg basements … (View Post)