Charlie Peters
Charlie Peters is a writer and broadcaster from London with a focus on politics, security and culture. He tweets at @CDP1882
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
Compulsory voting — the solution to our gerontocratic crisis?
Young people have been written out of British politics: it’s time to let them back in
Dead men wave no flags
UK must not allow volunteers to fight in Ukraine
The charity-industrial complex strikes again
Why is the government paying for the privilege of being prosecuted by lefty lobbyists?
What law? What order?
Shit, piss and the ever-present threat of violence, as the meek and law-abiding hold back
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?