Daniel Barnes
Daniel Barnes is an American expat trying to make sense of the world through history, religion and a little melodrama.
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
