Toby Young

'It Didn't Do Me Any Harm' and Education Policy

Greg Sanderson | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Greg Sanderson

Do we really want to develop an education system based on well-meaning but ultimately skewed nostalgia?

Hey Politician, Leave Those Teachers Alone

Matt Carr | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Matt Carr

Soldiers may be 'our finest men and women', and the old Florence Nightingale mystique still produces a soft spot for nurses. But teachers it seems, always know less than the politicians who tell them what to do. With a few exceptions, the UK press has followed suit.

Narnia To Be Made 'Less Posh' In New Production

Posted 03.03.2012 | Home

An award-winning theatre director is planning to reimagine The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the modern age – by doing away with the ‘posh...

Free Schools: Toby Young vs The Guardian

Bansi Kara | Posted 30.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Bansi Kara

Am I the only one to feel a steady sense of disquiet when reading Toby Young's rather vitriolic comments on The Guardian's news splash on Free School funding?