Alka Sehgal Cuthbert was one of the speakers at the session ‘What is racism anyway?’ at the Battle of Ideas festival on 17 October 2026, at Church House in London. This is an edited and extended version of her speech.
Ian Paul offers some astute observations on what the Jason Arday affair tells us about academia and the Church of England. It is hard to say anything original about the tragic affair of Jason Arday, his appointment as a professor in Cambridge, the challenges made to his academic and personal claims, his resignation, and his […]
Nigel Biggar argues that as some leaders in academia are doubling down on their version of what happened at Cambridge, the leadership of the Church of England is doubling down on its version of white guilt and the need for reparations.
DDU’s Director offers a reflection on the deeper institutional developments that have provided the context for not only the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Jason Arday, but have reconfigured official understanding of education, schools, and knowledge itself.
The murder of Henry Nowak, and his treatment at the hands of police officers, is an unimaginable tragedy for the family, and we offer deepest condolences for their loss. DDU’s director, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, offers her take on the main lesson the tragedy has for the rest of us.
In his latest book, The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History, Ben Cobley paints a disturbing view of contemporary culture:.
Graeme Kemp reviews The Counterweight Handbook by Helen Pluckrose.
Recently, the Barrister Standards Board (BSB) published proposals to change one of its core duties pertaining to equality. The proposed change to Core Duty 8 is to replace a duty to not discriminate unlawfully (a negative duty) to ‘You must act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion.’ We asked a barrister to comment on the proposal and its implications.
IntroductionOne month after the elections – with the lowest share of the population voting since universal suffrage – Britain saw riots, a minority of which were racist in their immediate targets. Few seem to have given much thought as to whether there might be any connection. Here, DDU director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert argues that the riots […]
On 24 July 2024, DDU sent an open letter to The Key – signed by a combination of scholars, teachers and parents – detailing our concerns about their Anti-Racism Curriculum Review which, knowingly or not, embeds significant precepts from critical race theory. In our view, these precepts are detrimental to educational goals and lack popular consent.
