Benjamin Sharkey
Benjamin Sharkey is a doctoral candidate and tutor in history at the University of Oxford.
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start