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Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

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Mary Wakefield

Ed tech / Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

Ed tech / Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

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Mary Wakefield

Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

07.03.2026 8

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

04.03.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

03.03.2026 750

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Mary Wakefield

The new freakish shopping trend

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

14.02.2026 800

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Toy story / Meet the Jellycat kidults

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

12.02.2026 4

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Mary Wakefield

Degrees of persecution / The poisonous truth about British universities

27.01.2026 5

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Mary Wakefield

The poisonous truth about British universities

24.01.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Degrees of persecution / The poisonous truth about British universities

22.01.2026 10

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No sex please, we’re Gen Z

11.01.2026 20

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Mary Wakefield

Baby bust / No sex please, we’re Gen Z

08.01.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Dystopia / Say hello to your AI granny

21.11.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Dystopia / Say hello to your AI granny

20.11.2025 10

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Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

12.11.2025 6

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Mary Wakefield

How lawfare is killing the SAS

11.11.2025 6

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Mary Wakefield

Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

10.11.2025 7

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Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

06.11.2025 10

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‘People can’t take a joke these days’: Michael Heath on wokeness, The Spectator and turning 90

30.10.2025 10

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Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

15.10.2025 8

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Mary Wakefield

Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

15.10.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

Who will stand up for motherhood?

12.10.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

09.10.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

Crime and no punishment in Khan’s London

27.09.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

Gaslit / Crime and no punishment in Khan’s London

25.09.2025 3

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Pride of place / How to raise a patriot

15.09.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Pride of place / How to raise a patriot

11.09.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

Problem child / The painful truth about foster care

01.09.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

The painful truth about foster care

30.08.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Problem child / The painful truth about foster care

28.08.2025 6

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The painful truth about foster care

28.08.2025 10

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The radical vegan ‘Zizians’ are the cult we deserve

19.07.2025 6

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Mary Wakefield

My idea for a new grooming gang inquiry

04.07.2025 6

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Mary Wakefield

My campaign to bring back real life

21.06.2025 10

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Tech trap / My campaign to bring back real life

20.06.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

Tech trap / My campaign to bring back real life

19.06.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

I’ve reached zero tolerance on zero tolerance

25.05.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

12.05.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

08.05.2025 7

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Mary Wakefield

Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

08.05.2025 3

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Mary Wakefield

Ghoul days / Lily Parr and the creepiness of AI resurrection

29.04.2025 8

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Mary Wakefield

Ghoul days / Lily Parr and the creepiness of AI resurrection

29.04.2025 4

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Mary Wakefield

The ABC of faith / ‘Jordan Peterson is a sad and angry man’: an interview with Rowan Williams

18.04.2025 5

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Mary Wakefield

‘Jordan Peterson is a sad and angry man’: an interview with Rowan Williams

17.04.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Court out / The Met’s misogyny

27.03.2025 8

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By George / The cat that tamed Dom

14.03.2025 20

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Soldiering through / The great betrayal of the SAS

03.03.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Soldiering through / The great betrayal of the SAS

03.03.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Don’t believe the ‘Believe Her’ movement

01.02.2025 20

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Mary Wakefield