Toby Young

Toby Young is the co-founder of the West London Free School. He is the author of 'Technically Gifted' and, with Miranda Thomas, of 'What Every Parent Needs to Know: How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Primary School'.

18 Mar 2019

Ideas

Toby Young

It’s absurd to blame the Christchurch attack on toxic masculinity

Shortly after news broke of the New Zealand massacre last week, Sophie Walker, the founder of the Women’s Equality Party, decided she knew what had caused this tragedy. “Please let there come a time when male violence is recognised as the single biggest threat to peace and treated accordingly,” she tweeted. “My heart goes out […]

18 Jan 2019

Toby Young

Claire Lehmann: Warrior princess of the Intellectual Dark Web

I’m writing this on an aeroplane flying back from Toronto, where I was attending a party thrown by Quillette, an online magazine. Canada might seem like a long way to go for a social gathering, but I’ve been working at Quillette for almost a year and hadn’t yet met the editor-in-chief, Claire Lehmann. Claire is […]

Toby Young

Articles

It’s absurd to blame the Christchurch attack on toxic masculinity

Claire Lehmann: Warrior princess of the Intellectual Dark Web