Thank you to all those “woke” dons at the faculty of divinity for decreeing that Jordan Peterson is a dangerous subversive who must be banned from Cambridge for morally corrupting students with his poisonous ideology. I’d been trying for years to persuade my teenage son to follow my own homespun “12 Rules for Life” but never expected help from their quarter. Now he and his friends will have more respect than ever for the YouTube, podcasting and publishing superstar, if rather less for the value of a Cambridge education.

What exactly is Peterson’s terrifying philosophy? Rule 1: stand up straight with your shoulders back (in my version: don’t slouch). Rule 2: treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping (don’t booze too much and