Brendan Simms
Brendan Simms is Director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge.
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
Without a twist
This weather-based thriller is all hot air, but who doesn’t enjoy a warm summer breeze?
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
DEI is just good manners, really
Stripped of all its jargon, allyship is nothing more than old-fashioned gallantry
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike