No matter how advanced we regard our society; no matter how ignorant we perceive our forebears; no matter how comfortably we enjoy our lives, one of the most devastatingly cliché human questions still haunts us, and becomes ever harder to answer: who are we?

The current hyperbolic preoccupation with race in the Anglosphere has provided an opportunity for some to link caste to race as though they are cognate phenomena of oppression. The depiction of Brahmins as the epitome of whiteness at the apex of the Indian caste system, is actually generated from within the same western framework that treats race as a salient difference.

The Covid-19 virus has thrown the creative and cultural industries into a grim crisis. Since lockdown the only access we...

I was recently interviewed by Max Klinger of the E2 Review Podcast about Political Activism in Education.

Is it really true that the British Empire is not statutory or not taught? This blogs explores the current History National Curriculum to debunk oft-repeated myths.

Following Labour's crushing defeat, many commentators and reporters have proffered the view that Labour has become sharply divided between its...

This year we’ve had a flurry of articles on Sajid Javid’s proposal in 2018 for a British Values Test (BVT)...

The Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve stood by this fountain with Mauritian friends...

“Are you seriously still teaching it?”  Years ago, when I taught in Brixton, I had a conversation with my Teaching...

The liberal-leaning Mother Jones website recently published an article under the headline “Racial resentment is down since 2016”. The article,...