Microsoft absolutely learned the lesson of Clippy. Unfortunately, the lesson they seem to have learned is to not give the mugs any choice in the matter this time. (View Post)

This one? One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus, tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was taken away he made a bargain with the king: in one year he would teach the … (View Post)

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)