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States, citizens and trust

Alan Ryan — 27th August 2006 — Issue 125

Two new books on contemporary political problems are stimulating and informative. But the authors should learn to speak to our ideals as well as our needs

Subject: Books & literature, People & populations

Who rules Oxford?

Alan Ryan — 22nd July 2006 — Issue 124

Both critics and supporters of Oxford University’s reform are doomed to disappointment

Is Oxford a mess? (1)

Alan Ryan — 20th January 2001 — Issue 59

John Kay is misleading: Oxford does have a problem but it’s not the one he thinks it is

Has Christianity been a terrible disaster?

Alan Ryan — 20th January 2000 — Issue 48

Dear Christopher Howse
25th November 1999
As we run up to Christmas, I find myself torn as always between the pleasures I take in the familiar rituals of the season and my deep conviction that as an institutionalised religion, Christianity has been a terrible disaster. I am an unabashed atheist on purely philosophical grounds. I think that [...]

Subject: East & Southeast Asia

The American way

Alan Ryan — 20th August 1999 — Issue 44

British universities are in a mess. The only sensible strategy is to give up the pretence of uniform and standards and follow the US

Subject: British domestic politics

Free the university

Alan Ryan — 20th October 1997 — Issue 23

Universities should be free-to charge students what they like. Alan Ryan, Warden of New College, Oxford, says Dearing is already out of date, the system must be deregulated

Subject: British domestic politics

De te fabula narratur

Alan Ryan — 20th December 1996 — Issue 14

Are there any limits to the Americanisation of Britain? Alan Ryan, who has just returned from nine years in the US, hopes that Britain will resist the punitive and religious enthusiasms from across the Atlantic, but argues that there is no alternative to copying the US model in higher education

Subject: North America

An unexceptional book

Alan Ryan — 20th April 1996 — Issue 7

Observations about American exceptionalism go back to the birth of the republic itself. Alan Ryan finds that Seymour Martin Lipset’s latest book offers little new on the subject, but welcomes its conclusion that Americans worry a great deal more than they ought to

Subject: Books & literature, North America

Enter the alumni children

Alan Ryan — 20th October 1995 — Issue 1

As white male resentment of affirmative action gains momentum in America, Alan Ryan wonders why its opponents appear so complacent about the injustice of helping the ‘overclass’

Subject: North America, People & populations