David James
@drdavidajames.bsky.social
Teacher, editor, writer. 'Schools of Thought' (Bloomsbury) out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/schools-of-thought-9781472988461/
SW London & Dorset
SW London & Dorset
New, by me, in UnHerd: unherd.com/newsroom/eng...
England’s schools are not becoming more racist
The new Government document prosaically named “Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England” hardly sounds like a riveting read. And yet it is the most up-to-date document telling us what is really...
unherd.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New, by me, in UnHerd: unherd.com/newsroom/eng...
New by me in The Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour's end-of-year school report is dire
Labour has learnt nothing from the lessons it should have been taught
www.spectator.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
New by me in The Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/labo...
Britain’s Prime Minister Is Fading Away www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Opinion | Britain’s Prime Minister Is Fading Away
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Britain’s Prime Minister Is Fading Away www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Reposted by David James
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
I reviewed Ian Leslie's new book on Lennon & McCartney for The Critic magazine and you can read it here: thecritic.co.uk/issues/may-2...
A fine bromance | David James | The Critic Magazine
Perhaps because of their astonishing level of success, we have long since lost any real perspective on The Beatles.
thecritic.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I reviewed Ian Leslie's new book on Lennon & McCartney for The Critic magazine and you can read it here: thecritic.co.uk/issues/may-2...
New, by me, in The Critic, on the political extremism of a reasonable man: thecritic.co.uk/Against-lite...
Against literary Anglophobia | David James | The Critic Magazine
Changing My Mind reveals Barnes to be anything but a moderate. He proves that being a woke extremist is not confined to Gen Z…
thecritic.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
New, by me, in The Critic, on the political extremism of a reasonable man: thecritic.co.uk/Against-lite...
New by me in @unherd.com on the likely reforms in the Curriculum Review: unherd.com/newsroom/cut...
Cutting down GCSEs will coddle children
Yesterday’s publication of the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review gives the strongest sense yet of what schools will be told to teach under this Labour government. Perhaps the most...
unherd.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New by me in @unherd.com on the likely reforms in the Curriculum Review: unherd.com/newsroom/cut...
New by me in The Critic thecritic.co.uk/the-slow-dea...
The slow death of Wales | David James | The Critic Magazine
If the United Kingdom is in terminal decline, then it seems to be dying from the edges inwards. Northern Ireland, with its sclerotic government and inexorable demographic shift from Protestant to…
thecritic.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New by me in The Critic thecritic.co.uk/the-slow-dea...
New, by me, in The Critic, on the forthcoming curriculum review: thecritic.co.uk/educashun-ed...
Educashun, Educashun, Educashun | David James | The Critic Magazine
As we begin 2025 it is hard to be anything other than pessimistic about what lies in store for schools under this Labour government. The Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson…
thecritic.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New, by me, in The Critic, on the forthcoming curriculum review: thecritic.co.uk/educashun-ed...
If they lied about this surely all remaining credibility will have gone: www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/la...
Labour accused of misleading public over private school tax
Billions raised from VAT raid will not be ringfenced for state school funding, despite Rachel Reeves’s claims
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If they lied about this surely all remaining credibility will have gone: www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/la...
I do like the Courtauld but these are rather silly categories
January 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I do like the Courtauld but these are rather silly categories
Venus very visible above Westminster tonight.
January 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venus very visible above Westminster tonight.
Perhaps it's the other way round.
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Perhaps it's the other way round.
Kingston-Upon-Thames has some of the ugliest and stupidest street 'art'
December 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Kingston-Upon-Thames has some of the ugliest and stupidest street 'art'
Today's article in @thetimes.com on the research we're doing into perfectionism in girls
December 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Today's article in @thetimes.com on the research we're doing into perfectionism in girls
An article on the research we're doing at LEH on perfectionism in girls, led by @chloecombi.bsky.social and written by @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social High-achieving girls learn that sometimes good is better than perfect
www.thetimes.com/article/8967...
www.thetimes.com/article/8967...
High-achieving girls learn that sometimes good is better than perfect
Expert says pupils need to step back and be proud of their real-world achievements, flaws and imperfections and learn that social media gloss is an illusion
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:41 PM
An article on the research we're doing at LEH on perfectionism in girls, led by @chloecombi.bsky.social and written by @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social High-achieving girls learn that sometimes good is better than perfect
www.thetimes.com/article/8967...
www.thetimes.com/article/8967...
There are some things I don't understand. Putting woolly hats on things is one of them.
December 14, 2024 at 5:35 PM
There are some things I don't understand. Putting woolly hats on things is one of them.
@sonia-sodha.bsky.social a stupid question perhaps: but why is there no coverage in the Observer of the proposed sale to Tortoise and also the forthcoming strike?
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
@sonia-sodha.bsky.social a stupid question perhaps: but why is there no coverage in the Observer of the proposed sale to Tortoise and also the forthcoming strike?
This is nonsensical. David Cameron means it shortens dying. Words matter, or they should do.
November 28, 2024 at 10:09 PM
This is nonsensical. David Cameron means it shortens dying. Words matter, or they should do.
I hope the weather doesn't put the farmers off.
November 19, 2024 at 7:51 AM
I hope the weather doesn't put the farmers off.
The left hate those who were once in their tribe but who have now moved right. I thought journalists were supposed to be pro-freedom of speech.
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 AM
The left hate those who were once in their tribe but who have now moved right. I thought journalists were supposed to be pro-freedom of speech.
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social has written a very good piece on the fragmentation of social media. I suppose in the short term people with two accounts will post in both, but will soon tire of this additional effort, and go down to one, or none: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Social media exodus may make us all calmer
Since Twitter became X, a trend has grown for sharing online space with people we might admire rather than loathe
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:17 AM
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social has written a very good piece on the fragmentation of social media. I suppose in the short term people with two accounts will post in both, but will soon tire of this additional effort, and go down to one, or none: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...