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Anthony Seldon

  • Sunday, 14 September, 2025
    UK schools
    Abandoning the arts in schools is a national scandal

    A narrow, exclusively exam-focused education in the UK damages young minds

    An illustration showing drooping colored pencils and a bent paintbrush in a cup, symbolising declining creativity.
  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
    ReviewBooks
    Triumph to tragedy — a cautionary tale of politics

    Two books, from Anthony Seldon and Tim Shipman, capture the decline of the Conservative party

    Three people  in a room, one is standing waving his arms in the air, a woman is sitting and amother man in a scarf is standing, holding a laptop
  • Saturday, 16 March, 2024
    UK Government
    History is littered with dodgy political donors

    Troublesome benefactors can cost more in reputation than the money they bring in — we need tighter rules

    A middle-aged man puffs on a pipe
  • Saturday, 5 June, 2021
    Q&AThe Questionnaire
    Anthony Seldon: ‘I’ve moved beyond finding happiness in inanimate objects’

    Q&A with the historian and educator on ‘Freddy the Frog’, being a 19th-century liberal and the greatest challenge of our time

  • Friday, 15 June, 2018
    Kenneth Baker
    Tougher Maths GCSE is calculated to multiply stress and failure

    Revamped exams for 15-year-olds are retrograde and will hurt less able students

    GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 05: Pupils at Williamwood High School sit prelim exams on February 5, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland As the UK gears up for one of the most hotly contested general elections in recent history it is expected that that the economy, immigration, the NHS and education are likely to form the basis of many of the debates. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
    UK politics
    Universities deserve stronger leadership from vice-chancellors

    Controversies over high pay have brought the sector into disrepute

    File photo dated 23/05/12 of vice-chancellor of Bath University Dame Glynis Breakwell. The university has been severely criticised over its handling of matters related to senior pay. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday November 20, 2017. See PA story EDUCATION Bath. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
  • Monday, 16 May, 2016
    The FT ViewBusiness education
    Universities must learn to serve students better

    UK is right to demand higher standards and encourage new entrants

    OXFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: A woman cycles past Balliol College in Oxford city centre on February 24, 2012 in Oxford, England. Oxford University has a student population in excess of 20,000 taken from over 140 countries around the world. The University is made up of 38 independent, self-governing colleges, three of which: University College, Balliol College, and Merton College, were established by the 13th century. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
  • Thursday, 2 September, 2010
    FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
    Pink picks
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2008
    Westminster blogAlex Barker
    Gordon Brown the introvert
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